not sure how i forgot this one: happy cinco de mayo! ¡feliz cinco de mayo! today is the day, in 1862, that the vastly outnumbered poblanos(people from the city of puebla) successfully defended their city from an invading french army. damn french and their aggression. when will they learn?

anyway, the day is celebrated bc of the victory. a crushing blow to the french that had them licking their wounds kept them at bay what seemed like an eternity. unfortunately, this eternity ended 10 days later when the french returned, easily routed the poblanos and occupied their city. i reminded students of this latter fact this morning yet did not receive a very positive reaction. it seems they prefer to remeber the (short-lived) victory. indeed.

¡salud! cheers! (i would insert something french here, but i got nothing)

if you like ween, today is your day. buenas tardes amigo, hola my good friend. cinco de mayo´s on {friday} and i´d hoped we´d see each other again....