Oh, right. The equally-threatening "If you don't watch Snickers ads, then the terrorists won!" approach. I wish I had HBO for exactly that reason. As it stands, even though I have cable, all of my channels are of the "force-fed-ads-every-15-minutes" variety. Got back late last night from the annual trek to Rochester, NY, to FriendJen's parents' house. There were alpacas, there were geese and ducks, there was beer and wine and margaritas. There was also a whole lot of lying around in the yard, reading a book and being unbelievably happy about Having Nothing To Do, and getting a sunburn on my legs, arms, and face. I slept outside, alone in a huge tent containing a full-size air mattress and loads of comfy bedding. We stopped at Niagara Falls on the way home yesterday. There were 5 of us, and we all wanted to stroll across the bridge to Canada. As it turned out, we had to leave Aamir behind, because he's NotAmerican, and the nice folks at the U.S. INS window next to the bridge said that if he didn't have his passport/visa, we'd have to sell him to the Canadians or something. Holly (being the ever-dutiful girlfriend, and also not realizing why we were so hell-bent on crossing the border) stayed behind. Nat and Amanda and I trapsed out of the country armed with 30 minutes of free time, which we spent on the slot machines in Casino Niagara (10 minutes and $3) and in the duty-free shop (20 minutes and $23 for a litre of Tanqueray and a litre of Absolut Peppar). God bless Canada.
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