ok so now its really cold

I didn't take into consideration the fact that it is November, and that Chicago might be a little bit colder than I had expected. Its freezing, they're expecting snow. woo hoo. I got in to my hotel after 1am, after an interesting flight from Houston on one of those tiny express jets where people like me can't stand up straight. Next to me was this three-generation family from Mississippi going on an airplane for the first time. The grandfather (seemed to be my age) was explaining to me that they were on their way to be on a TV show for deadbeat dads. I look up a row and see his daughter and her two daughters, and ask if it was the Jerry Springer show. He looked at me like I was crazy. I guess since I've been living in the jungle, Jerry Springer's big bald security guard guy has his own show now, and thats the show the daughter was going to appear on. Funny. The granddaughters were screaming bloody murder for 3 hours. Not as funny. It got me to thinking about how being in the plane's bathroom during a plane crash has to be one of the worst ways to die. I had nowhere to hide, this was the family I spent three hours of my life with on my way to Chicago. I got an interesting email this morning from the AM Costa Rica newspaper, telling me they ran a story regarding my Tamarindo water treatment article on the third page of today's paper, http://www.amcostarica.com/morenews2.htm I guess standing up to a fight like this actually does matter to the people around me, which is nice to know. I still feel like the nature of my point wasn't fully expressed, that water contamination is not limited to Tamarindo or to just a few cities around the globe. This is worldwide, like so many of this planet's problems. It is beyond time to fix ma earth. From what I understand the Beach Times is running my article in full, which means that (hopefully) anyone who reads it will sit back and reflect on their actions, and how their actions affect the ocean. Its a start.