2 weeks to go

There's a winter parka on the back of a chair in our living room, despite the fact that the high will today be 90 degrees. I bought it yesterday at Cabela's in nearby Buda, Texas. I'd been looking for an excuse ever since they opened a couple years ago to drop in. I was not disappointed, except for the fact that kids (of all ages) were menacing each other with pop guns. Here everyone hunts and fishes, which is news to me. 

While not my exact perfect fit for the job, this parka was cheap ($29!) and it's mighty warm. There's a hood, enough roominess to wear a sweater underneath it, and did I happen to mention it was cheap?

The purpose of the parka is to get me through the winter on the QE2. We have a couple Atlantic crossings, not to mention a little jaunt to Oslo and Hamburg in December. I may send it back home before we head for South America.

I've got the beginnings of a repository of non-blog stuff on my .MAC site:

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You don't have to have a Mac, but as an Apple shareholder I'd appreciate it if you'd just go out and buy one. Thanks in advance.