Now I'm really not in a hurry.  I pick up "In Patagonia" from the bookshelf and decide I'd rather sit around reading a book than go anywhere today.

Here are some classic characters from the book:

"Sheffield offered his services as a fellow drinker and a guide..."  "He was a crack shot.  He shot trout from the rivers; a cigarette packer from the police commissioner's mouth; and had a habit of picking off ladies high heels."

Achie Tuffnel "I don't want to get sunk down in an arm chair.  Not at my age.  I might never get up."

FACTOID - A girl from Colorado tells me that Sept.  11 is past tense.  "America is back to normal now."  Could this be true?