antipaucity

20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell, signaling the demise of the Soviet Union, and the Cold War.

40 years ago Sesame Street premied on PBS, signaling the use of television as an aide to education and learning.

I think the Berlin Wall fell because Sesame Street turned twenty.

but not long enough

My fiancee boarded her flight back to Kentucky this morning (Singapore time). Her three week visit was a blast: we did a weekend trip to Perth Australia, hit the Singapore resort island of Sentosa twice, and a bunch of other little stuff.

We have pictures on facebook of both Perth and Sentosa.

Turns out that kangaroos in Australia are like deer in the US – nuisances. And the Singaporean equivalent are monkeys (smaller nuisances, but can go more places). Our second outing to Sentosa had monkeys playing around one of the attractions. And we saw kangaroos at a “memorial park” (aka “cemetery”) just outside Perth – lots and lots of roos.

I’ll be back in the US for a couple weeks around Christmas, so while the separation’s no fun, at least it’ll be shorter than last time