Back in London just over a week now, after a too-short trip home and then an excursion to Hamburg, Germany to see my friend Bele and her family. I'd show you pictures, but my camera (err, rather, Al's rather expensive digital camera that he loaned me) died (not my fault, Al, I swear)...so I made the big splurge this weekend and bought another one because I don't know how I am supposed to get through another 5 months in London without taking any pictures. Once I figure out how to use the darn thing I'll start posting again.
Gjertrud and I are in the LSE library. On a Saturday. This is us turning over a new leaf and becoming diligent students. It won't happen again, I can pretty much guarantee. But we are happy to be back and making a good-faith attempt to study, if good-faith attempts include playing on blogs, looking at pictures and downloading music on ITunes thanks to the speedy connections at the library.
Tom Ridge, soon to be ex-Director of Homeland Security for the U.S., was at LSE yesterday and gave a speech called "Secure Borders, Open Frontiers" or some such nonsense like that. I couldn't get tickets so instead I stayed outside and counted police officers. In our little two square feet of space that is the LSE campus, I counted 23 Bobbies. I wonder whether LSE got its own special terrorist color alert because he was here? I hope not, an orange alert just WOULDN'T go with my outfit.
Gjertrud and I are in the LSE library. On a Saturday. This is us turning over a new leaf and becoming diligent students. It won't happen again, I can pretty much guarantee. But we are happy to be back and making a good-faith attempt to study, if good-faith attempts include playing on blogs, looking at pictures and downloading music on ITunes thanks to the speedy connections at the library.
Tom Ridge, soon to be ex-Director of Homeland Security for the U.S., was at LSE yesterday and gave a speech called "Secure Borders, Open Frontiers" or some such nonsense like that. I couldn't get tickets so instead I stayed outside and counted police officers. In our little two square feet of space that is the LSE campus, I counted 23 Bobbies. I wonder whether LSE got its own special terrorist color alert because he was here? I hope not, an orange alert just WOULDN'T go with my outfit.