European vacation part 3

[tenaya]

I forgot to mention the Arnold Effect. While in Germany, we soon realized that admiting we were California would earn us big happy smiles. Arnold Schwarzenegger winning the governorship was big news there and they were very proud of him. Of course, I refrained from enlightening them to how I saw the situation, and just nodded and smiled along with them. And when Arnold took the oath of office, it was telecast live on German TV in prime time.

The world really is a very peculiar place.