Sorry, P-C. It's been a busy day. I think what you wrote and Teppy edited was good. I just wouldn't tell a landlord that much about my family, so I figured I'd give you a version with that pared down.

It sounds like your letter did the job just right, and that's all that matters.

Hey all! I am posting from an internet cafe in Mazatlan, where I am on my honeymoon. We have named it the ¨high tech honeymoon,¨ due to the laptop, iPods, vdvs, and camera we brought. The hotel is comfy and full of families (now it the time of year when Mexcans go on vacation) and not classically romantic, but we find it so. Our room looks out at the ocean and and pelicans fly by on a regular basis which is awesome. We walked on the beach after dinner last night and it was moonlit and lovely. Gotta go: time to wander around aimlessly, one of the best things about vacation!

Yay for honeymooning Robin!

OK, I give up on that link. Here's another link with the same picture (squirrel down), and bonus squirrels: [link]

Whew. Nice response.

Raq, when I copy link and repaste it in a new window, it goes to the squirrels, otherwise it goes to random bucolic scene with error messages and such.

P-C, it sounds to me like the letter did what it needed to do, so yay!

Married Robin!!!! Yippee on the honeymoony goodness!

That is why I trust your advice, Hec. It compliments my Homicide-fan worldview. Just be careful you don't get all "I'm a music reviewer. We don't have good news for anyone. Ever."

P-C, it sounds to me like the letter did what it needed to do, so yay!

Yay, and thank you so much.

you do doom a lot , david. which is odd, because i don't think of you as a pessimist.

I need to find the study I read that actually shows people who have a more cynical view of life tend to actually be...not right, exactly, but more aware than people who are more optimistic.

I found it a long time ago when my sister accused me of being Ms. Cynic and Doom & Gloom. It wasn't that I was trying to preach the Doom, just that I was more of a realist than she was.

That only applies to myself, however. With others, I figure they have their own Gloomy scenarios to worry about, so I try not to paint it black for them if I don't have to.

See, with me, it's the other way around. With others, I am all "This is what it is, and it sucks ass."

Whereas with myself, I'm all "Lalalala! Head in the sand! If I ignore it, it goes away! Lalalalal -- BOOM! The sky is falling!! ARGHH! Hopw'd THAT happen?"

I don't think of it as being gloomy...more like laying it on the line. But that is why when somebody asks for my honest opinion I've made people cry enough to say "really? Really really?"