Still no water. They say it will be back on by Thursday. I hope so. The shower here at work doesn't have any hot water and I am getting tired of cold showers.

This weekend the Spanish Steps will be open again and Gordon, Vickie, Wakana, and I will go down to do some snorkeling down there. The steps won't open again until late June or early July.

Amos, I don't think the ladder experiment is the result of genetic connection. I think it is a case of parallel evolution. It is a case of someone with a lack of common sense and/or intelligence solving a problem the best s/he can. Anyone who would try the ladder experiment would not be able to cross an ocean by himself.

Linn, to maintain a monitor lizard you would have to heat your home to a higher temperature than you normally keep it in the winter. Also, I have no idea how the lizard would interact with the cats. Since they grow quite large it is possible they eat smaller animals so the cats may find they have their work cut out keeping away from the lizard. Perhaps you need a lizard made of some inanimate material. There are some lovely carved wooden lizards in the local market.