Mexico Flood

In case you hadn't heard, there are hundreds of thousands of people affected by a huge flood in Mexico.

From the AP Story:
At least one death was reported and nearly all services, including drinking water and public transportation, were shut down. The flood affected an estimated 900,000 people — their homes flooded, damaged or cut off by high water. The flooding is in Villahermosa, the state capital of Tabasco, in southeastern Mexico.

The floods are also affecting oil production and cultural treasures (like these huge pre-Colombian Olmec heads that are really amazing).

I don't know anyone in that area, but if you do I hope everything is OK for them.

There are some Reuters photos here:
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/110207mexicofloods/im:/071018/photos_ts/2007_10_18t135257_450x346_us_climatechange_usa_energy;_ylt=AhC9khKtWwx.bOXjBKfuuc.aK8MA
The art is Mexican surrealist artist Rodolfo Morales' Angel de Anoranza. He often included women, angels, and buildings in his paintings.

Sports Fans

The Red Sox won the World Series. I am a Sox fan, so that made me happy. It made a lot of people happy. It made them so happy that at least 37 were arrested here in my lovely Boston.

This is a quote from our WBZ News site:

37 people were arrested overnight in the city by Boston and State Police, mostly for disorderly conduct. No serious injuries were reported. 16 cars were vandalized on Newbury Street. Most of the damage was broken side view mirrors, broken windows and damaged windshield wipers. At least one small fire was set and at one point, the crowd flipped a pick up truck on to its side. Young people sprayed each other with beer and some climbed street signs or utility poles. Pictures captured by WBZ-TV crews showed at least one car tipped over near Copley Square. (end quote)

I am puzzled. How does starting fires and destroying property express your team or civic spirit? I just don't get it. At least no one was killed, like in 2004.

I don't think this is endemic to Boston. I know all over the world people go crazily violent when their sports team wins. What is it about? Seriously, I just don't understand it.

Of course, I also don't understand how a US event is termed a "World" Series. But maybe that's just me.

The art is Bacchus, 1626, by the Baroque painter Jusepe de Ribera.

A Deep Philosophical Question

Do you think that my cat knows I love him? And can he love me?

Or does he just want me because I feed him and scoop out his poop, and if I died he would eat me?

The art is Nude With a Cat, 1949, by Balthus.

Halloween 2007

We had fun. The theme was (2) 007. I don't really own a "Bond girl" dress, and didn't want to spend a fortune to buy one. So I went as a sort of random Austin Powers' slut. My friend went as a '60's girl too, but less slutty. She looked great. We worked for hours to get our hair and makeup right. Eventually we had to just admit our hair doesn't do what the '60's girls' hair did. But I think we still looked good!

OK sorry K but I have to come clean here. I got her hair into this fab '60's do. Flipped up at the bottom, with this great "bump" in the crown. But it freaked her out so much that she had to redo it.

I didn't mind. Much. :)

The car is an Astin Martin that the party hosts brought for the occasion. I told him it was "cute" before I understood what I was dealing with.