RandyDandy, an American Expat in London

So many thoughts and emotions flooding my tired and slightly achy head this morning afternoon. I went to bed at around 5:30am GMT, after watching Obama’s powerful acceptance speech, and slept until 11. At nearly 1:30 in the afternoon, I am just finishing my morning coffee.
I spent the evening in an Islington club with several [...]

our father, who art in heaven
hallowed be thy name
thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven
give us this day cheaper gas
and forgive us our debts
as we need the extra cashflow to fill up our SUV
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from OPEC
for thine is the kingdom, the middle [...]

Sometimes I hardly recognize my own country. Happens with alarming frequency these days. A baffling story in today’s NY Times about an Italian visiting his girlfriend and his appalling treatment at the hands of Immigration and Customs officials.
“In America,” he said, “there are so many good people and beautiful people that don’t deserve to be [...]