On a lighter note, there's the not-quite-so melancholy side of our stay here... From yesterday's run: As we were turning a corner, we saw a man drive by, blasting some sort of speech from a loud speaker attached to the top of his vehicle. "What was that all about? I thought elections were over." I remarked. Perfectly serious and entirely matter of fact, Jeni answered me, "Well, I heard something about the peace of the world..."