....but we already knew that

• Bobby Valentine is an idiot - but we already knew that
• Spain's economy is in the shitter - but we already knew that  See: Europe's Economic Suicide, Paul Krugman - NY TIMES
• I am leaving Madrid as a consequence - but we already knew that
• I am getting old - but we already knew that
• I am handsome, congenial, intelligent and was voted in 8th grade as the most likely to be charged with manslaughter - but we already knew that 
• The fact that RUSH and KISS are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a travesty - but we already knew that

Big game for the Caps tonight as they meet Boston in DC with the series tied 1-1. Both games have gone into OT. I love the hockey playoffs. Washington played Boston in the 1st round of the playoffs in 1998, when they went all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they got bitch slapped by the then mighty Detroit Red Wings, the last team to win Cups back-to-back. 

Detroit is an evil place. Their own inhabitants have tried to burn it down to the ground on several occasions but it still persists!

Time to cook up some sausages and get back to job hunting on a different continent. O' joy,  o' rupture!