I took my car in for servicing yesterday. I was overdue for an oil change, and while I was at it, I figured I'd let them shake the water out of the fuel system. (No, air filters really don't make good water filters.)
Because of the storm, the internet connection from the lounge was down, so I couldn't update my blog as I'd planned to. Instead, I poked away at an article on information theory.
I also had a nice little conversation with a fellow from Ecuador. He came to this country twenty years ago, and he and his wife have both become citizens of this country. His English isn't the best, but he's working on picking up the language (at age 54), and plans to enroll in a community college class later this year. In the mean time, he listens to English-language radio and TV shows. (I suggested he turn on the closed-captioning on his TV as an aid in following the English. It's easier to follow if you have two different channels of communication in parallel.)
I've complained about illegal immigrants, and supported Prop 187. However, if I could guarantee everyone sneaking across the borders were like this fellow, I'd definitly quit seeing it as any kind of problem at all.
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