Columbus Day

I almost forgot!

What: World Cup qualifier, Ecuador vs. Chile.

Where: Quito.

When: TODAY !!! (Friday) at 5:00pm, U.S. Eastern Time.

Pray for Ecuador to win.

Antonio Valencia, our best player, has been suspended. But some fine Chileans will be absent as well.

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦

[Edit:] In Ecuador, today is El Día de la Raza; and where I am, in this empire of rugged individualists, it’s Columbus Day.

For years I searched the Internet for one particular comic strip, and never found it. But here it is, thanks to my brother Stephen:

This is just perfect.