Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Using the iBooks app on my iPad I finished reading the iPad 2 Starter Guide and I also created a Table of Contents of sorts for iPad User Guide for IOS 5 so later I can more quickly locate topics of interest.  I also read 101 Best Jokes (example below) and scanned 500 Must Have Apps 2012 Edition.

12:15 I left to check out a furniture store I saw a couple of blocks away that sells what looks like simple rustic furniture and to see if I can find some index cards at Exito on the way back.

As I was taking the overpass over Avenida 80 I saw 5 policemen had one of the 3 lanes blocked off and they were randomly stopping motorcyclists and checking their papers and what they were carrying in and on their bikes.  They even stopped a woman motorcyclist and a couple of pickup trucks.  One man I saw they even casually frisked.

When I got down to where I thought the furniture store was I realized either it was closed for lunch (as many places do and don’t reopen until 2pm) or it was further than I thought.  I did notice a neighborhood restaurant advertising breakfast for 3200 pesos ($1.78) and lunch for 5mil ($2.78).  (I didn’t stop to see what you get for that price.)  I turned around and walked back to Exito but I didn’t find any index cards there.  Maybe I can find them later at the larger Carrefour which is situated about halfway to downtown.

One week from today is May 1^st; I hope some of my money will be available on that day for withdrawal.

2pm Laura came over.

Now I’m reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen on my iPad.  I read a chapter and then do a lesson in Rosetta Stone.

3:40 and a truck delivered 3 pink and purple rolls across the street.

5:30 Reina came home.

Yesterday I washed some underwear in a bucket with soap and water and it took just a little over 24 hours to dry.  Today I washed my only other pair of shorts (that I wear outside anyway) and hung them up to dry.  I’m guessing with the thicker material it will probably take all of 2 days to dry.  We’ll see how nice they look when they're dry.

JOKE

“Two Texas farmers, Jim and Bob, are sitting at the bar, drinking beer.  Jim turns to Bob and says, "You know, I'm tired of going through life without an education.  Tomorrow, I think I'll go to the community college and sign up for some classes."  The next day, Jim goes down to the college and meets the Dean of Admissions, who signs him up for the four basic classes: Math, English, History, and Logic.  "Logic?" Jim says.  "What's that?"  The dean says, "I'll give you an example. Do you own a weed eater?"  "Yeah."  "Then logically speaking, because you own a weed eater, I presume you have a yard."  "That's true, I do have a yard."  "I'm not done," the dean says.  "Because you have a yard, I think that logically speaking, you have a house."  "Yes, I do have a house."  "And because you have a house, I think that you might logically have a family."  "Yes, I have a family."  "So, because you have a family, then logically you must have a wife. And because you have a wife, then logic tells me you must be a heterosexual."  "I am a heterosexual. That's amazing!  You were able to find out all of that just because I have a weed eater." Excited to take the class, Jim shakes the dean's hand and leaves to go meet Bob at the bar.  He tells Bob about his classes, and how he is signed up for Math, English, History, and Logic.  "Logic?" Bob says, "What's that?"  "I'll give you an example," says Jim.  "Do you have a weed eater?"  "No."  "Then you're gay.”