Where does a former Governor who lost his Presidential primary and now works in cable television go? Do you give up? … Taiwan! Seriously, I’m not joking.
Mike Huckabee came to Taiwan the other day. The London International Group brought the Guv to Taiwan to “promote his new book,” and besides the paying guests they invited a bunch of college students to fill up the rest of the room. I was one of those students. Gov. Huckabee gave a speech and even did a Q&A time. It was fun to see my classmates reaction to his ability to stay on message and not answer anything he didn’t want to.
First of all I want to know if the 6 plus security guys were secret service or private security? Were we Americans paying for all of them to pick through my backpack and raise eyebrows at my coffee thermos? What is a primary loser doing with secret service?
On another note, our cat has ringworm so Emily and I spent time today wiping everything down with bleach water. Isn’t life fun? It is a good thing Emily is around. She is the best at staying motivated to clean. The other three of us in the house are pretty laxidaisical in that whole area. I have such a wonderful wife. If she weren’t here, I probably wouldn’t do anything but just hope that the ringworm would go away. “The key,” I would tell myself, “is to pretend there is no ringworm. That way they’ll get bored with the lack of attention and find someone else’s cat to bother.” I’m good at conjuring up reasons why things do not need to be cleaned. Emily, on the other hand, was online for a few hours this morning, finding all this home-remedy information and then spear-headed the whole effort. Like I said before, I have a wonderful wife…can I get a holla?
My good friend, Benni, is back in Taiwan for the month after a year in California. He has come back to graduate and then flies home to Germany. I was lucky enough to grab lunch with him today and hopefully we’ll get a little more hang time before he heads out. I guess this is the downside to having friends and classmates from all over the world. When they go home it’s not just a few hours away, it’s several nations away.
Both Emily and I have been slow in realizing that we are just two weeks and change away from leaving for summer break. So stinking crazy! Thankfully God has provided a sub-letter/cat-sitter for our room and we are also trying to work on living and working arrangements for the summer with email. Dear Lord please make Your plan known.
Wow! Mike Huckabee in Taiwan! Very Interesting! Did it cost you anything to hear him speak?