As I’m sure you’ve all heard, Castro has announced his retirement today. I’ve been interested in that little island since I became interested in Hemingway. It amuses me that the yanks were never able to budge their closest enemy. Mind you, they haven’t tried since the bay of pigs.

For all his faults, Cuba apparently has one of the best health services in the world, which one could argue makes it a good place for us cripples. Well, maybe. Either way, Castro or no Castro, I still aspire to drink a daiquiri in Havana one day. Mind you, I wonder if the island will once again become America’s playground now.