The BBC alerted me that the new baby’s great grandmother and great grandfather dropped by for a visit. With a two-year-old as well as the new baby, I get a feeling that her mom and dad would probably just as soon take a nap as deal with the visitors.

The death toll keeps climbing as they reach the more remote areas of Nepal. It is currently above 7,500.

In the provincial elections in Canada, the Liberals have maintained their hold on the government on Prince Edward Island, but the Conservative hold on Alberta is looking very shaky.

The UK is having national elections, but the real question appears to be will anyone bother to vote? That’s the reason the BBC has spent so much space on Princess Charlotte – no one is reading their election coverage, because voters apparently are ready for a “none of the above” election.

So a brain surgeon who has never held elected office, a woman with the same experience in public office but who trashed HP, and a current version of Elmer Gantry have joined the Republican Presidential comedy revue. “None of the above” is currently leading this race as well.

Wikipedia usually has to “lock” its Cinco de Mayo page. I suspect it may be related to the sudden appearance of sites opposing the celebration of this semi-holiday and others who have a hissy fit about any Mexican holiday being celebrated in the US.

In Mexico Cinco de Mayo or Batalla de Puebla, is only a really big celebration in the state of Puebla, where the battle took place.

The Mexican army won the Batalla de Puebla on May the 5^th, 1862, but the French went on to Mexico City in 1863 after receiving reinforcements and installed Emperor Maximilian.

It has the status of St. Patrick’s Day in the US, an excuse to eat different food, and drink different booze, and be obnoxious show an interest in other cultures.

Margaritas, tacos, and the destruction of piñatas, that’s what it is really about.