My mechanical doppelganger seems to have wilted under the assault
of more technically gifted agents yesterday.
My regular computer returned at work with a new hard drive, power source
and a very frustrated IT guy who gamely battled my aura. Back at home, the cable guy showed up on
time, pulled out his tablet and fixed the cable box inside of two minutes. Apparently when you order new service you’re
supposed to add something to the account which never happened. Even the garage door functioned normally this
morning. My sole contribution to this
entire effort was plugging the microwave back in and having it magically return
to normal service.
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| IT Dude Gamely Battling the Aura |
Readers of this blog know that my wife’s luggage packing is
something of an epic event usually requiring weeks of forethought and not an
inconsiderable amount of man hours devoted to the effort. You can then understand my delight when I
heard she has completed the first phase of the exercise ahead of her return
next week and dispatched the bags to Panama
City . The weight limit on the commuter plane from
David to Panama City was not up to the challenge represented by my wife’s
luggage; five more days (intense house cleaning operations commence
tomorrow).
My hope for some warmer weather for her return but are dying
on the vine, frozen by the latest invasion of polar air. It will warm up enough to snow on Monday
(yay!). We got a light dusting last
night that was seriously abused by some house shaking winds while I listened to
my wife complaining about the heat in Panama . I told her not to worry that her issues would
be solved decisively in a few days. She didn't seem overjoyed at the prospect. I
told her to enjoy the heat while she had it.
For those of us paying attention, Putin’s first moves in the
Ukraine
are underway. He’s providing shelter to the
ousted president and a mysteriously well armed force has seized government
buildings and airports in the Crimea, part of Ukraine but heavily populated with
Russians. Any military tactician will
tell you the importance of seizing airfields prior to moving a larger force in.
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| Pretty Well Equipped For Some Random Militia |
Putin, of course, denies these are Russian forces at all,
although the Russian Black Sea fleet is conveniently in the neighborhood. Putin will continue to mollify the west who
have lodged their signature move, strong verbal protests, in the face of this
blatant violation of Ukrainian sovereignty.
Putin will await the inevitable Ukrainian reaction to this adventure and
then move in significant forces (since he now owns the airports) to protect the
ethnic Russians in the area. The end
result will see Russia
controlling the Crimea and a meaty hunk of eastern Ukraine . At that point Obama and his Eurobuddies might
send a strongly worded written protest.
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