"In the midst of the word he was trying to say
In the midst of his laughter and glee
He had softly and suddenly vanished away
For the snark was a boojum, you see."

Lewis Carroll

An illustration by Henry Holiday from the 19th century. From http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/c/carroll/lewis/snark/ .


Last night V and I made a mad rush to purchase all the rest of the supplies we need for our trip. We went to a Super Target (that place has everything) and bought gifts for the Couchsurfing people we'll be staying with, along with little things such as immodium (diarrhea is a real concern), extra toothbrushes, etc. It was hard deciding what kind of gifts people in India (whom we've never met) would enjoy receiving. We checked out Florida/Mickey Mouse knicknacks which we thought would make appropriate gifts and then noticed that the tee-shirts we had picked out had been made in Pakistan! Probably not the best idea in the world to buy things made by India's arch rival. As we walked around the store and picked up various items, we noticed that almost everything else said "Made In India". Not once were we able to find something that was made in the USA! Ah, cheap labor. So in the end, we resolved ourselves to purchasing baseball caps, be damned that they were made in China. At least the front of it advertised FLORIDA, so at least it was connected somehow.

There's nothing intrinsically wrong with a global economy, right?