In some ways, in re virii, I'm glad I'm a little technophobic then. It makes it easier to go through my Stupid Little Tech Stuff and say, if it doesn't work "We're gonna need a bigger boat." Of course, it also made it really easy to forget that keyboards plugged in, once.

I listened to Smooth Criminal, and feel much better. Five stars, baby!

Now it's The Beautiful Ones by Prince, which always mellows me out.

Reminds me, I just saw a license plate that said 17 DAYS, which confused me until I saw the license plate holder reading "It's a Prince thing/U wouldn't understand."

In related news, I got proselytized today by Mormons. They were busking down at the main square and hailed me in Greek. I walked over and said in English, "You know what you are doing is illegal here, right?" The guy I was talking to kind of blinked with surprise (I guess he didn't expect an American) and I left before I could get the standard answer of "We're not proselytizing! We're offering people the opportunity!"

Are these people you're going to have to bail out of jail later?

My new desktop wallpaper: [link]

Those are some fine-looking children, Gud. And Leif really seems to hide his true nature well.

"We're not proselytizing! We're offering people the opportunity!"

More for the People Unclear On The Concept file!

Note to world: calling a drowning a "liquid breathing influx opportunity" does not unmake the drowning part of the equation. Lawyers are twisty like that, and have thought of all the newspeak already.

Are these people you're going to have to bail out of jail later?

Possibly. Well, not me or the DH, since neither of us are working in the consular section this tour. But the embassy, yeah, maybe. Depending if the Greeks decide to enforce the law. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. The Mormons hit the hospital near my house a LOT, and the Greek police will tend to arrest them there, I think mainly because the priests at the hospital call them.

(And to be really technical, the embassy can't bail out Americans. We could take them magazines and make sure they get a phone call and legal counsel. But their families/church probably would send bail.)

I neglected to identify myself as affiliated with the embassy, however.

I can't say I like being proselytized, but I'm glad I can be.

Those are some fine-looking children, Gud. And Leif really seems to hide his true nature well.

Leif really is very sweet, he just has a talent for mischief.

I neglected to identify myself as affiliated with the embassy, however.

I wonder if that would have done any good. Probably not.

And to be really technical, the embassy can't bail out Americans. We could take them magazines and make sure they get a phone call and legal counsel.

Duly noted. Um...uh...not for any reason, though.