Hugs to all that needs 'em.

Aw, thanks, ya big lug. You doin' good?

Baton Rouge was the top choice for me. Now I'm reading the report and thinking I want to move back home.

You doin' good?

Yes I am. 2005 is starting out pretty good for me, although it's already testing me financially. I started the year out with a small cushion and it's already gone, which makes me unhappy, but other things are working out fantastically. I guess I can't complain too loud about being broke.

Also, I mercilessly tagged you, without so much as a by your leave, but only because the line CRACKED. ME. UP.

Baton Rouge and New Orleans were both on my list, as were a number of California cities.

I think they're on mine because I specified lots of rain and no cold weather.

P-C - I'm enjoying reading about your time in India. I'm curious where English is spoken in India or who speaks it. If people don't speak English, my memory is telling me they speak many languages, but I'm not sure about that.

In Gujarat, where I was, most everyone speaks Gujarati. The national language is Hindi, which is similar to Gujarati but different enough. Not a lot of people spoke English, really. Clearly, many people do know it, or enough, since there are still a lot of signs in English, and while few are fluent in English, most know various key phrases. There's a lot more English in Hindi films and songs than there used to be.

There are various other languages spoken in other parts of India, like Tamil and...several others. I don't know much about them.

Also, I mercilessly tagged you, without so much as a by your leave, but only because the line CRACKED. ME. UP.

Oh, guess it is recently new. Sean has a new tag!

I didn't say no cold weather, but I did say "no snow." I think the number of ideal locations for a person who likes cities but wants the temperature to stay between 40 and 75 is pretty small.

LAS CRUCES, NM????

Duuuuuuuuude. I drive through there every time I go to see the folks in Tucson. Lovely little city, but given the arts and politics answers I gave, I'm very surprised.

Let me just say, that is not the impression given by the view from I-10.

Yes I am.

Glad to hear. I dunno where the moritorium against complaining about being broke happened. I think that's still okay. I make decent money, but don't have as much as I'd like for stuff like say, flying to California, because I spend it as soon as it comes in. But y'know, probs o ye first worlde.

Also, I mercilessly tagged you, without so much as a by your leave, but only because the line CRACKED. ME. UP.

No leave of me required. I was snickering through the oatmeal discussion, feeling the need to defend the national dish, then the light bulb went off.

My first few were all in the Boston area, which I've never even considered. And then? Milwaukee, Chicago, D.C. Heh.