Holy Cyclops

Today was the twenty-third birthday of the son of one of my brother-in-law’s Pakistani friends, and we visited their family—mother, father, brother, daughter—and took along an ice-cream birthday cake.  We also watched the 76ers beat the Pistons, astonishingly enough, 90-86, in game one of their first-round NBA playoff series.  We had biryani—I hope I’m spelling that right—which is not one of my favorite foods; it contains rice and a little chicken and various spices that make it hot.  It’s not its hotness that I mind, really; I just don’t particularly like how it tastes.  Oh, well; the ice-cream cake was good!

Out of all of us, it seems I’m the only one favoring Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Democratic primary; the six others of voting age all favored Barack Obama.  Oh, well, at least they’re Democrats!  Since I care most about universal health insurance, and since Senator Clinton has a long history of being committed to it and of working for it, I favor her over Senator Obama.  (I confess that I’m also afraid that Sen. Obama hasn’t received enough scrutiny, and that something damaging will transpire when it’s too late, handing the election to Sen. McCain.)   

Both the son and the daughter are studying to become lawyers, but when we visit, they’re just more people for the kids to play with.  The daughter, especially, seems to enjoy playing with both of my nephews.

Oddly, although everyone else in their family has gained U.S. citizenship, the father, for some obscure reason (or possibly for no reason), has not.  I’ve read disturbing things about the INS and the legal citizenship process, so I have to hope that he won’t have any real problems as a result of his attempt to become a U.S. citizen.

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