FROGLEGS

Two things I learned from this video:
1. Even heads of state blow off steam in public. The King will more than likely get in trouble for this, but I still think he’s a dude.
2. Hugo Chavez is a whiner. He needs to learn when to speak and when to shut up.

I might comment on this later and why I think the Juan Carlos was so incensed by Chavez’s comments.

Maine is currently giving us a windy and rainy send off.  We got hit by Hurricane Noel’s left overs on Saturday night, but the weather today is way worse than what hit us then.The trip west tomorrow will be long.  I’m not looking forward to it.  The good news is that we’ll be making one of Virgin America’s first flights from JFK to LAX so I think that means we get free stuff, right?  Call me a nerd, but I’m excited to check out VA’s entertainment system.  We’ll be in California from tomorrow night until the end of the month.

We’re back in the US for my sister’s wedding and to visit family.  It’s been nearly 2 years since we were last back and everytime there are things that just strike me as strange or absurd.  Not bad, mind you.  I’m not passing judgement.  I just find them really weird.  Here’s a quick list:

•  Since when is the cost of living in Brooklyn almost exactly the same as living in Sevilla?
• Taking money out of the Spanish bank in the US is fun.  Euros = muchos dolares.  Nice.  Usually it’s the other way around.  Dolares = not very many Euros.
• Variety of choice in US supermarkets.  Who really needs 100’s of breakfast cereals?  We seem to get by in Spain with about 15.  How do we do it?
• 800 television channels?  Seriously?
• People you don’t know talk to you.  Its kind of cool, but it freaked me out at first.  Folks in Spain will always say something about Sophia.  But a guy in line at the supermarket the other day just started talking to me about the weather.  That doesn’t really happen in Spain.
• Analog mobile phones still work over here.  Hilarious.
• MLS Soccer looks about as elegant as my high school soccer team.  Note to Fox Soccer Channel: Don’t put Spanish Primera League highlights in the same program with MLS highlights.  It doesn’t make American sports look very good.

We’re on the East Coast until the 7th of November.  Then we head to California for fun in the sun.