democratic participation

we voted this week.

absentee ballots would be nearly impossible since we don't have a residential address here, but we can send emergency write-in ballots from the embassy. these ballots are a masterpiece of design that leave all personal information, including social security number and passport number, on the outside of the envelope containing the ballot, which will then be sent to the District of Columbia through the US postal system. we considered adding our credit card numbers for good measure.

here we are...

we've arrived in Damascus!

we've resisted blogging for quite a while, but this seems likely to be the most effective way for us to keep in touch, so here it is, with no promises of consistent posting or even interesting content.