Amazing books!

Read "A Disorder Peculiar to the Country." Ken Kalfus. Very good. Disturbing.

Watch "Thank You for Smoking" and "Why We Fight" and think how much more interesting "Thank You For Smoking" would have been if it were set in the world of "Why We Fight," which posits that the military industrial complex seeks its own justification for existence through baloney wars.

I had some other ideas but I totally forgot what they are.

Also, I'm looking for a recipe for an appetizer that travels pretty well. I've been bringing the bacon bean bundles (sooooo much better than they sound) to the McMillans' Turkey Celebration for the past few years and they've been popular, but this year I've got an hour or two driving ahead of me and I need a backup.

More from Mexico

That's the girls in the golf cart. Carol was a bang-up driver.

I didn't mean it like that.



Sibling bonding at work, over fresh cocos frios.



This is an ancient Maya tradition or something. I got parallax from having to use the viewfinder (it was sunny out) and it came out with this odd look. But I kind of like it.



Mom and Cindy rockin' the shops.



Here we are, learning about the soccer-basketball-human-sacrifice game that swept the Maya nation back in the day. Better than BASEketball, I bet.