I spent so much time finishing my travelogue that I haven't talked tv in awhile so here's the season wrap up:
Lost- Four seasons and it's as strong as ever. I made nine predictions about the finale and I was thrilled to get eight of them correct. Ok, they weren't exactly tough (Sawyer calls somebody by a nickname, Jack barks orders at someone, Kate gets rescued by either Sawyer or Jack, Hurley drips sweat, Sayid repairs something, Desmond says "brother," Aaron cries, Michael dies and the one I missed, Locke rubs his head) but it always fun to guess anything correctly with this show. Actually, some earlier predictions of mine also came to fruition, namely that Locke was in the casket ...
This story had me almost in tears:
BERLIN (AP) -- German parents post baby on eBay for 1 euro
Authorities in southern Germany said Saturday they have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, the equivalent of $1.57.
Peter Hieber, a spokesman for police in the Bavarian town of Krumbach, said the baby was placed in the care of youth services in the southwestern Allgaeu region, although the child's 23-year-old mother insisted the ad was only a joke.
Authorities have launched an investigation into possible child trafficking against the baby's mother and 24-year-old father, neither of whom was identified.
"Offering my nearly new baby for sale, as it has gotten ...
It seems only fitting that I should finally finish this on Memorial Day with some tributes to the soldiers. I met many awesome soldiers in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan who went out of their way to try and make me as comfortable and the trip as enjoyable as possible. And I felt kind of guilty when people asked where I was going next and I told them I was heading to Paris. So I decided that with every cocktail I'd say a little toast to a soldier I'd met along the way. I didn't take pictures of every drink I had, partly because my camera disk only holds 4GB and partly because I sometimes felt awkward sitting alone and taking pictures ...
Ok, so the travelogue that never ends is down to this post and one more with some drink tributes to the soldiers.
The Landmarks
-- The Eiffel Tower is just a heaping pile of scrap metal. I remained just long enough to take this picture then I went looking for a bar.
-- The Arc de Triomphe is lovely- for about five minutes, three if it's rainy, cold and windy (which it was). I snapped a picture then hit a bar.
-- I visited the Cathédrale Notre Dame and La Basilique du Sacré Coeur and didn't burst into flames at either church so if there is a God, I suppose that's a good sign. I went ...
