Yerba Mate

I'm at work and taking a few moments aside to discuss my beverage- Yerba Mate.

It's delicious! I remember some of my international students drinking it when I was working at ISM. They were from the southern tip of Brazil near Sao Paolo. Apparently this beverage is popular in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil.

Anyway, my friend up here at work was an international studies major and took a semester abroad in Argentina, developing a love for Mate while there. He told me about it and said he'd bring some to work one day and lo! He brought some today that he had purchased at an Argentine store somewhere on the Beltway.

It's a lot like tea but more delicate, a little sweeter and has a grassy, almost dusty aftertaste. He recommended a little sugar which would actually be wonderful. Anyway, I like it. I love things like this.

Hopefully my mom will bring back my camera charger from CS when they visit today. I would love to go around Houston and take some pictures. I saw some really fascinating things yesterday.

Alright, I'm done.

I was going to respond to someone's comments on digg.com

Not so much their comment as much as their spelling.

Then I realized I was taking the time to correct someone with the username, "slothanus."

Whoa. That was a close call.