Thursday

A beautiful, if profane, notice of our Vegas wedding was posted by our good friend Ian a couple of days ago. Ian's post includes some photos we attached to last Sunday's official email announcement. Ian's post can be found here. Topically, there is now an mpeg at YouTube capturing Sunshine's totally faked bouquet toss, predictably caught by her one and only bridesmaid. That can be found here. Since professionals have overtaken the reins of moving-related housework, I've been left with the time to upload some remaining photos to Flickr. By this time tomorrow there will be over a hundred new pictures from our Xilitla vacation available here. Day of the Dead photos from Pátzcuaro will soon follow. Only then will I finally be caught up enough to start working with the hundreds and hundreds of pictures taken in Vegas. In lieu of talking about my aching calves, let's look over some kooky political events since this is such a big weekend for the hemisphere. Venezuela's election will be just as nutty as usual this Sunday.* Goodbye Chavez? Here, the hotly-contested Mexican Presidential Election Saga ends tomorrow, maybe, if Felipe Calderón is sworn into office before congress. Tuesday, members of two parties swarmed the speaker's platform. Adult legislators have laid siege to the podium ever since then, taking bathroom breaks in shifts.* Occasional punch-ups break out in the confined area. The Democratic Revolution Party is attempting to hijack this turf in a bid to disrupt Friday's ceremony--much as they disrupted President Fox's state of the union address back in September.* National Action Party participants are trying to prevent this by doing the same. Incidentally, many interpret the governing law to indicate that Calderón cannot be inaugurated without swearing-in before congress in this place on this day. We'll see. [Cavin]