What a strange week it’s been! George W Bush broke the world record for ‘blinking’ during his 90 minute debate with John Kerry. Then Kerry broke the world ‘grinning’ record unable, it seemed, to control himself in the face of classic Dubya gaffes such as “my opponent is sending out mexed missages”.
While I’m on the subject, how odd is it that John Kerry still thinks the US is at war with Viet Nam? Perhaps the answer lies with America’s odd electorate. Just today, for example, I ran into a Viet Nam veteran sporting a badge with “Boycott Hanoi Jane” on his vet’s hat. After considerable research, I discovered he was continuing a 32-year-old quest to vilify workout queen Jane Fonda for her part in anti-war protests in 1972. Why do they call it ‘current’ affairs again?
Anyway, for my part, I broke a world record this week too. Not the ‘world hangover record’ (as speculated by Poddy after I phoned him at 5.30am one night) but the ‘most effort expended on getting to lunch with a client’ record. I spent 5 hours flying to and from Denver for my lunch meeting. Very nice it was too. All two hours of it, although the ravioli portions were criminally small.
Food and drink aside, Emma and I continued last weekend’s outrageous fitness regime by by covering the 20 miles from San Francisco to Tiburon without the use of our new SUV this Sunday. Admittedly we caught the ferry back to San Francisco after the mega bike ride, but I think the energy expended still offset the enough-for-four sized roast dinner that Emma cooked to wrap up the weekend.
Well, it only remains to say that I’m off to the East Coast tomorrow, just in time, apparently, to escape the massive imminent eruption of Mount Helena.
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