April 27, 2006

Aidan and I were hit last night with our first British virus. Lest I've painted a too idealized picture of this country, the viruses here are not any more polite or well mannered than those back home (think Mad Cow disease). Despite feeling under the weather, I thought I'd report back on some gossip.

Jim has enjoyed reading the papers in the UK because they report bluntly on US politics without the restrictions that are placed on our media. As promised, I'm sharing an important political finding: Condoleeza Rice and Britain's Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw are dating. Maybe this story has been broken in the US already, but I felt like a Jr. High student who just discovered two teachers were dating. You mean Condoleeza dates? Who picks up the check? Does she own "date clothes"? The media here has been grilling Mr. Straw like guys in a locker room. I wonder if its public back home and I doubt if the media can tease Condoleeza in the same way that a bunch of guys can tease each other!

That's all the useless info I can share today.

T