After a spell, I have returned! Lafayette, je suis ici! The Guard dies but never surrenders! They shall not pass! Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gorkhali! Excelsior! Onward! You sons of bitches want to live forever? Follow me! Har Har Mahadev! Montjoie Saint Denis! Deus vult!   Ktož jsú boží bojovníci! Bole So Nihal...Sat Sri Akal! Hakkaa päälle! Dieu et Mon Droit! Til Valhall! Remember Goliad! Remember the Alamo! Remember the Maine! Remember...ah, there's too much to remember.

Anyway, Mom, I'm back.

And you know what, Mom? Not one, but TWO McBrides were murdered around here in the last couple of weeks! Charley up in Salmon and Kevin in Twin Falls. Kevin's last words were, "Shame...Shame...cousin...." In both cases neighbors said that a male with long greasy dark hair, reeking of beer, tobacco, and general stink, had been visiting and was now nowhere to be seen. In Charley's case, the sheep on his ranch ran away from people where in the past they had been quite friendly. And the neighbors also said that they suspected that the suspect was Canadian because he ended every sentence with "eh?"