Boomerang

From the point of conception To the moment of truth
At the point of surrender
To the burden of proof

From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of a journey
Is not to arrive
-Rush

What comes around...


Well Irlanda was here. Now she's gone again. She said "she just wasn't feeling it" and decided to go back to Ireland. I've been here long enough to see people come and go - it's just usually not the same people!


"I hated the idea of tellin' ya" she told me on Friday.

"That's okay. You're like an Irish boomerang. You always come back."


Podemos!

In a brutal 0 - 0 game against Italy that went on forever, Espana finally moved to the European semi-finals for the first time since Reagan was in power ('84). When Spain scored the winning penalty kick, the entire city errupted. It sounded like The Siege of Madrid in the late 30's! Fireworks. Car horns blarring. Shouts of exultation. We watched the game here and could even see fireworks from the terrace. Now where a knucklehead gets fireworks like that, I do not know. But they didn't look endorsed by the Ayudamiento of Madrid!!!


And they have been so snake-bitten no one believed they would win. But they did.

I didn't live here during those last few Euro Cups.

So now it's Russia on Jueves, who played excellent against the Netherlands. Whoever moves on faces the winner of Turkey - Germany for the Cup. Turkey is depleted, so it will be Alemania.

Podemos Espana (we can do it)!

That's been the big marketing pitch for the tournament on the Cuatro TV channel. I don't expect to do anything except drink a few beers, so i don't really understand the 'we' part. Whatever. If I can help, just let me know.

No Class
My classes next Lunes got cancelled, but i still get paid. So Jueves is my last day! Difficult to comprehend how quickly a year goes by.