Visa Waiver

Today I paid $14 to the US Government. This annoyed me, because it was the cost of entering the visa waiver programme to get into the US this summer, in order to fly to Canada. Now, I know that the US has a lot of debt troubles and needs all the cash it can get, but it's a bit odd that I don't have to pay anything to get into Thailand, or Taiwan, or Hong Kong, or Canada, and yet I do to go to the US.

Memories...

It's strange how physical sensations can prompt memories. Although I've been eating madelines all afternoon, and I can't remember a word of Proust.