Currency madness and political spin

Ok. These two topics have NOTHING to do with each other. I've been laying out on the beach, my brain is thus baked, and I need to do a brain dump.

The husband just left for a business trip to Norway - lucky guy. I LOVE Norway; it's such a beautiful place. At any rate, before he got on the plane, I checked to see if we had any kroner (Norwegian money). We only had a few coins. We did however have a mix of Omani riyal, Saudi Riyal, Kuwaiti dinar (I think that's what it's called), dirrhams (or AED/money from the United Arab Emirates), Canadian dollars, U.S. dollars and of course British pounds. I also know we have some Indian rupees still lying around somewhere. Wow! That's a lot of currency. Yet, unless you are in that country, you can't use it! IF you want to use it, you have to pay money to have it converted. Sigh...money, money, money. I wonder what the world would be like with just ONE SINGLE currency for the entire planet?

Now, my other train of thought....

I've been reading speeches from different leaders - some recent and some historical. Then, it's interesting to read the 'feeding frenzy' the press churns out over said speeches. I think it's hard to find news sources these days that attempt to be unbiased. It's like I have to read 4 or 5 different papers from different countries to get all the sides of a story. The historical stuff I've been reading is the book John Adams that was turned into an HBO mini-series. It's been a fascinating read. There was political spin even back then at the time of the Americans' revolution. Do you think some of the ancient cave paintings could be political spin? Hmmm.....it would have been interesting....

Now, to change topics again....

I loved this snap. When I took this picture, it felt so peaceful. The beautiful bouquet of flowers, Munchkin #2 sitting working on paper snowflakes, and sunlight streaming in through the windows.

Peace.