"No it's traditional," Pa insisted."You very good liar, I like that in man, is like Russian men, they lie all time," Ludmilla continued, "My father ha... horse cart like this." He got a team of four like us?" Grand Pa Waldorf asked."No he make my mother pull it!" Ludmilla explained as she looked sadly at the Waldron's wagon."You got a Ferrari?" Jenny asked catching a snatch of the conversation "Why sure we have," Gandpa exclaimed, "That danged thing keeps grinding its guts out on our farm track,. After supper, I finally remembered to check up on Deru. The exorcism had failed (if it had worked, I would've converted, you bet) and now his parents were making him fast and sweat to weaken the "evil spirits" while they wait for the guru himself to fly in. They think this is their punishment for sending Deru to a secular school.Time to finish my homework.WEDNESDAYThere *are* mental effects. I was too distracted to notice yesterday, but looking back the girls were acting more, well, "girly". I don’t maintain data on my computers, and the police only had warrants for what was resident on the computer itself. Besides, Jordan was leading the investigation and I knew he would be circumspect, so I felt safe having the police in control of my office.But I was totally drained. The discovery left me doubting basic humanity.Four teenaged boys. God knew how many others had been near. But three had been lured away from their families and later found mutilated and dead. The fourth had never. The flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased patrols to stop the illegal American immigration. The Republican presidential primary campaign is prompting an exodus among left leaning citizens who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray and live according to the U.S. Constitution and not Executive Orders.Canadian border farmers say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, global warming.