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Guatemala City Weather Today:
Today – High 69 Low 62 with Scattered Clouds
Tomorrow – High 69 Low 62 with Scattered Clouds
Current Exchange Rate:
$1.00 = Q7.592
Headlines in Guatemala Today:
Prensa Libre:
- US Cracks Down On Illegal Immigrants
- UN Commission Will Support Searches, They Won’t Investigate
Diario De CentroAmerica
- Government presents report on 10 years of peace
- Hundreds of Guatemalans Captured in US raids
Online Tickets to Guatemala from some major cities
(Requested 1 week from today for a 1 week stay)
Hotwire:
- NY – $1,086
- Chicago – $1,115
- Raleigh – $972
Expedia:
- NY – $1,168
- Chicago – $1,038
- LA – $954
- Raleigh – $1,105
Travelocity:
- NY – $1,013
- Chicago – $955
- LA – $957
- Raleigh – $1,004
Moose’s Hot Reads:
Guatemala Adoption Forum
I Am Furious!!!!!
Dawnb93
Pink!!!! My New Favorite Christmas Color!!
Ms. Judi
What was you child’s birth name?
cmfayz
From the Blogosphere
Smile in a Bottle (FusionCube) – As much as I love pictures, these short little videos take the cake. Please excuse me while I clean up my melting heart.
gittin’ a ejukashun (Where can I get me one of these?) – GDS of Reading, PA took good notes in the class on what to expect when dealing with society as an adoptive family. I loved the way this is written. Great job. Considering how much this comes up on the forum, it is definitely relevant.
My Santa Arrived Early This Year! (Bringing Baby Sofia Home From Guatemala) – Absolutely cool story of “paying it forward!” Absolutely made my day!
Moose’s Parting Shot
Knowing the everpresent need for diversion during the adoption process, I’m going the scour the web to find odd facts, humor, and other things to get your day going as you leave the cafe. Here’s my submission for today:
Such Faith
At a recent software engineering management course in the U.S., the participants were given an awkward question to answer.
“If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software, how many of you would disembark immediately?”
Among the ensuing forest of raised hands, only one man sat motionless.
When asked what he would do, he replied that he would be quite content to stay onboard.
“With my team’s software,” he said, “the plane was unlikely to even taxi as far as the runway, let alone take off.”
