the Minister’s trash

vaguely aware that it is St. Valentines Day somewhere else in the world. not here. I am teaching again today, quite exhausted from the travel to and from Helsinki. sitting in the first class cabin yesterday on the flight north, the Prime Minister is sitting a row away, but I am trying to sleep, and don’t notice when he gets off with his aide. he does leave a pile of trash on the floor where he was sitting, I do notice that … turns out that his assistant, who looks vaguely familiar when I see him walk in with the Minister, is Visa’s brother. didn’t realize it at the moment, but Visa tells me that later. should have taken him (The Prime Minister) aside for a chiding on the mess!