So I talked to the ltitle prick at Evil Airlines yesterday: he told me to fax him the sheet showing everything we bought, and replacement cost (which I've only been able to do for about 75% of the items since, contrary to popular belief, the worldwidesuperinformationinfbahn does NOT have as good of a selection as your average Guatemalan town.)

I asked if he didn't want me to tell him first what the totals are (more than $2000 for replacement cost). He said no, just fax it. I asked if he was SURE he didn't want me to just tell him. He grudgingly did me the honor of explaining what's ont he sheet. He then mumbled, cleared his throat, and sort of, kind of, vaguely, and in a rather unpleasant tone, said, "Well, I guess if there is nothing else we can do but to replace them, then that's what we might have to do."

Wanna equivocate a little more, jerk?

Sigh. On this happy note, I'm off to my conference in Idyllwild (which as some readers may know, is a long ago worksite). Then I get back with maybe, just maybe, just enough time to catch a final Padres game of the season, before heading off to Buenos Aires. Ahhh, life is rough.

More soon, faithful readers. More soon.