Well it's normal. All of my income comes from the U.S.and Bush's policies halve practically cut my income in half; and that's not even considering that his policies have put the world on a war footing that could destroy us all- far more important than my income.
So, I hope to soon spend more time here as before. I don't think Obama-McCain will be that riveting. Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
Many times, I will start reading something, having no idea of the issue under discussion--mostly because it has gotten zero coverage on this side--and so I learn a great deal about Europe and European issues from the various writers. I don't read deeply or even regularly enough to know all the ins and outs, and whatever happened around the Winter Solstice--I missed it entirely.
But I am grateful to all of you for your efforts toward intelligent and civil discourse, and a bit of educating those of us whose media leaves us less well informed of the world. Rest assured that while I may not know all I should about Europe, I sure as shootin' can find you lots of stories about Brittney.