Just a quick note from the Jersey Shore. Other than really lousy weather, the trip has been very nice so far. Thus not much beach frolicking, but lots of drinking way into the night.

Also, your multicultural moment for the week: I stopped at a Hardee's in Hancock, Maryland, on the way out here, and there were a number of Mennonites. This is and of itself did not strike me as odd, as I have come across groups of Mennonites in fast food restaurants while on a road trip before. What did strike me as odd was the one of the Mennonites was an approximately 13-year-old Asian girl. That'll make you look three times to make sure you aren't seeing things.