to go or not to go? ha! there's no question...

in the last x-years, i've thought the most dangerous places to travel to were the middle east countries. now i've been informed that is currently incorrect. in a snapshot of the 14 most dangerous places for americans to travel to, seven of them were in africa, one of them s.e. of cuba, four in or near the middle east, one just north of australia, and the last was russia.

the african countries are: burundi, cote d'ivoire, the democratic republic of the congo, liberia, somalia, sudan, and zimbabwe.

the country near cuba is haiti.

the countries in/near the middle east are: afghanistan, georgia, iraq, and pakistan.

the country north of australia is papua new guinea, and we all know where russia is.

this information was a surprise to me and i spent quite a bit of time on mapquest looking at their locations and wondering where i'd been when they were teaching geography in school. the article is from Forbes and was presented by msnbc at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11416638/.

go ahead and call me a chicken, but i don't have a lot of desire to travel outside the u.s. unless it would be to scotland or wales. and maybe new zealand or australia. other than that, forget it. well, okay, yes, i've been and will continue to go to canada, but even that can be a little scary *i thought loonies and toonies were something you watched at the movies*.

i mean, really -- who in their right mind would want to go to africa? oops, well, yeah, my best friend's sister went just within the last couple of years and totally loved it, but yuck! it's not for me -- snakes, spiders, bugs, strange animals, huge wild beasts, men who swing from tree to tree, yodeling. it just doesn't call to me at all. i like my man swinging from the ceiling fan and yodeling in our bedroom, thank you very much.

i'm feeling -- like looking up
while i listen to Dab Screen play Oversleep