Pardon the absence

I apologize to my four regular readers for not having posted in over a week. I’ve been very busy trying to study for my Spanish final.

Not as well as I feel I should have done, but pretty well overall, thank you for asking.

I am taking Spanish for one- no, three- reasons. First of all, I’ve always wanted to learn Spanish because I think it’s the prettiest language I’ve ever heard (I put it neck and neck with Italian, and just ahead of Russian). Secondly, where I work, we get a lot of Spanish-speaking callers, so it would be helpful to have someone actually in the office that speaks Spanish to be able to help them. (Oh, and it could mean more money for Johann if I am able to “officially” be considered Spanish-speaking.)

Third reason I’m taking Spanish is because I’m trying to get a head-start on things, since the way things are going, Spanish may very well become the official national language, thanks to our idiotic lawmakers and bleeding hearts doing everything they can to turn this country into the United States of Amexico. There are McDonalds in California (and possibly elsewhere) that have signs posted in the window that read “English Spoken Here”. As though that is a selling point to entice someone into a Big Mac. Pitiful. “The Star Spangled Banner”- the national anthem of the ENGLISH-SPEAKING United States of America- is now being sung in Spanish. I don’t recall that it was meant to be.

Learn Spanish, folks. Before long, it will be required.

Tenga mucho cuidado para que pida.