I am throwing another big party at my house tonight. As usual, I am discovering that organizing a party is very, very difficult. I have to order all my decorations online weeks in advance, and if at the last minute I suddenly discover that I am missing something that I needed for the party, such as rope of duck tape, I cannot simply go to the corner store and buy what I am missing. (Sadly, Walmart hasn’t opened a store inside the Green Zone.) I am forced to ask around to see if someone else has what I need, or I have to find some type of makeshift substitute.