The UK trip was fun, and productive. And inexpensive! Even if I'd been paying for it myself, the flights were only 550USD, and it was the best route and times possible. I even treated myself to United `Economy Plus' on the way home, which entitled me to oodles of leg room and the left-overs from Business class. So what does this all mean? Either I should take week-long trips to the homeland more often, or you should all be visiting me. Or both.
One of the left-over items was the Observer, so I got to do my first Everyman in over a year, and also laughed out loud at this David Mitchell column. I thank him for introducing me to the phrase `democratising the shit out of' something, and for encouraging people to insert the title of this post into comment threads around the internets. He's a funny chap, that Mitchell. I wonder when the next Peep Show series is due out.
You may've noticed that I was on a train to Leeds at some point in my trip, and that that train had free wi-fi. This is basically awesome, and I wish the States would develop the infrastructure to run fast and reliable trains. (With free wi-fi.) Wouldn't it be great to cruise down the West coast in a matter of hours, continually refreshing Facebook as you go?
Finally, the rugby. I've caught a couple of Six Nations games online, but it was fun last weekend to watch one on a TV set. Ireland-Scotland, to be precise.
Poor old Scotland. With their first-half competitiveness and second-half capitulation, they are fast becoming the Italy of this year's championship. That is, if Italy were not so ably continuing to fill that niche themselves.
I suppose the Wooden spoon is technically in the balance, and England's resurgence is intriguing, but the key question is: will Ireland win the Grand Slam?
3 comments:
Ha ha ha ha! Fast and reliable trains! You know your trains are shit when you envy Britain's!
I too read Mr Mitchell's column, but it just goes to show that you can't be too careful.
England are going to get spanked on Saturday.
Plus you owe me a visit. And biscuits.
Wouldn't it be great to cruise down the West coast in a matter of hours, continually refreshing Facebook as you go?
It would! Then you could visit 'with' us in Pasadena. We're here right now, checking things out. It's warm. They have oranges on the trees already.
Visiting `with' someone is a turn of phrase I still haven't gotten used to.
Gotten, on the other hand. I'm all over it. And my new American favorite is `a whole nother' in place of `a whole other'.
Pierre, I'm sorry, I do owe you a visit. But you won't see a single digestive from me.
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