More on creating time with people important to you and proof that the French are weird

It was very clear to me yesterday, we could have been sitting in a hot tub, in a beach resort, my living room - any would have sufficed. It was having nine non-stop hours with no distractions that gave the day its meaning.

"I don't get it..." said a French businessman over lunch on Friday. "In
fact, I don't think any of us get it. You've got a guy – the governor of
New York – who hires a prostitute. He gets caught and has to resign. But
the President of the United States lied to the American people and started
a war in which thousands have died...a war that is so expensive it
threatens to bankrupt the entire nation. How come he doesn't have to
resign? Strange system."