Friday, August 8, 2008

Where is that?

Rating: MS/NSS
I am watching the parade of nations in the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. I have the globe at hand, looking up the countries as they come in. That must mean I am a visual person. I sometimes have to rely on the little globe on the bottom of the screen, or I listen to the commentators explain where the country is if it is an obscure one. But now I know where Vanuatu is; likewise, I know that Mauritania and Mauritius are not near each other. Who says Americans don't know their geography? Now maybe I'll go to the great state of Chicago--it's capital is Illinois--I know this because the sign on I-44 says "Downdown Illinois."

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