Zitra Vikend

I'll be heading to Moravia this weekend, for some home-cooked food and skiing. Luckily I have nationwide access to the socialist medical system. In other news, I am bored. Because of this, I've been learning about Czech political scandals. The fun thing about scandals in this country is that they're so small and cute. Big countries have Iran-Contra, Jaques Chirac, or the entire history of Russia. Czech Republic, now that it's thrown off it's totalitarian shackles, has strange apartment-funding scandals involving the prime minister. Check out this post on the subject. Note: The scandal rule does not apply to Switzerland, due to their large stash of hard currency. My friend brian has finally decided to start blogging again. check out his blog. I think he has an excellent career in front of him as the natural successor to Barbara Walters. He's like a black hole of human interest stories. I'm looking forward to his eventual mutation into a whiney, elderly woman. That reminds me, am I missing any interesting developments in American culture? I remember reading that blogs were the next big thing, but none of my friends seem to have one. Are there any ridiculous boy bands on MTV these days? Will I return to the US to find everyone wearing some bizzare clothing trend? Is everyone still speaking stockbroker-ebonics, or have they moved into Asian hip-hop parlance? Please let me know.