McGrath, thanks. I long for the day when I can zip in and out of links like that, with a computer that will work and phone lines that will keep me connected. It's odd to think how much I depend on it now, while we are here talking about economies so poor the parents don't even know anyone in the world is concerned about their kids... I bet they don't even know the kids have not make safe landfall and gone off to their "new jobs." So weird, all of it. We can know so much, comparatively... and not actually know a damn thing, it seems.

What I found interesting today was how much other bullshit was more "important" on the news than this story. I know ALL about some upcoming TV shows, and the stories about how their stars got to be stars... or I would if I had not been sitting there exclaiming WHAT'S THIS CRAP!" instead of paying attention to the "news".

I'd like to hope it's just that the news folks are waiting for their field reporters to get back with those long bits of film and those deep research notes to put together some in-depth thing that can help me understand... but I don't think so.

~S~