Currently Reading Winesburg, Ohio (Oxford World's Classics) By Sherwood Anderson see related

Thesis Defense is tomorrow!  Please pray for me.

Also, on Wednesday, Ricky and I have to go to New Orleans for an appointment at the Department of Homeland Security/Immigration Services Office to renew my Green Card so I can remain legit.  It will be a flying trip since we have to be back for work/school Thursday.  Immigration appointments are always somewhat unnerving since you are pretty much at the absolute mercy of the Immigration Officer in charge of your case.

Oh, and on the way to the big city of Archibald, Louisiana, as I was visiting my close friend and her cute baby girl last week, I saw one of these truck-at-the-side-of-the-road vegetable and fruit vendors featuring the following spray-painted sign: WE EXCEPT FOOD STAMPS!

Not quite the message it was meant to be...

P.S. I have always wondered if these people selling produce out of their truckbed have to have a license to do so.  In Germany, such a sight would be absolutely unthinkable since you have to have a license or permit for everything.  For example, did you know that an establishment selling any kind of alcoholic beverages is mandated to feature restrooms accessible for the customers, whereas a restaurant offering only non-alcoholic drinks only has to have a bathroom for the employees?