Excitement!

Wow! All sorts of excitement in my life. I truly believe: change is a good thing, and if you don't believe that, good luck, because change is inevitable anyway.

I have decided to take a year off. My lovely wife Poo persuaded me (or "bossed" me, depending how feminist you are). I told her I wanted to work half time and she put it in very flowery language: "you love your job too much. I worry that you say you are working half-time but really you will work full-time. I know you love your students, but your children are more impportant."

In short she was saying: "Stop the BS. Do what I say."

So, we're "goin to California!"

I told Poo, "you DON"T KNOW. You will hate America! There is no freedom there. You can't do anything without a car! And you will have to pass a 90-question test just to get a driver's license! Hah!! Even I had to study! You will have to study for three months! You will be crying, 'I want to go back to Thailand!'"

And she said, "I know all that. But I am thinking about your mother." You can't argue with women. They're just much smarter than us.