[Quix]

SADLY, no.

I'm in the NW corner of New Mexico helping step-dad take care of my mother who has Alzheimer's.

ALL things considered, I'd rather be in Taipei even if it meant dying there.

I came through Korea on the way back. Two friends from India working there. There's a pugnaciousness evidently, about the Chinese character, culture, zeitgeist. Interesting place.

[SLB]

Okay folks what is the timetable for war? Gasoline here in Cnetral Kentucky went up $0.20 per gallon since last night. Do the oil companies know something other than price gouging?