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Erik finally told me where he hid (re: keeps) the batteries, so now I can show you Baxters Halloweenie shirt. You can't see it too well, because he hates having his picture made, but it's a skeleton and the red spot is a little red heart. He was so cute, too bad he had to be a jerk and ruin it...

Okay, and now some pictures you are probably more interested in:

Erik called last night. I expected nothing less. Heh. He's been very busy, but he's doing well, which is great. He said that the other day the local mayor took a few guys to tour some old ruins as a going away gift to the unit that is leaving. The area he is in is a very historic, very holy area (of course, isn't all of it? Hah!) so I think this was an excellent opportunity for him. Here are some pictures from their excursion.

So the above picture is of a spiral minaret and the building below it is a mosque which was built in about 850 AD. The minaret (from what I read about it) is believed by some to pre-date the mosque.