Global energy markets convulsed this morning after yet another Middle Eastern ceasefire proposal for the Strait of Hormuz was flatly rejected, sending Brent crude surging. Back in Baja, Chad furrowed his brow at the Chedraui checkout counter over a fifty-cent hike in Hass avocados before immediately forgetting the geopolitical trauma. Local expats agreed that international oil shocks are completely irrelevant as long as the Pemex station still takes cash and the dirt road to San Pedrito stays washed out.