August 26, 2008 8:01 AM
U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
A month ago, as I was fighting with the Chinese over my press credential, I told a friend here that I was looking forward to August 28 at about 4:11 p.m. That's when my flight back to the States is scheduled to take off.At the moment when the wheels lift off from the ground, I told him, I feel like I might just turn to the person next to me on the plane and start ranting about all of the strange things that have happened here to me. It's a 14 hour flight to Chicago. I'm not sure that I'll have enough time to go through everything.
I mean, last week, I saw a man run out into the middle of a six lane highway and catch a pigeon with his bare hands, and that wasn't among the top five strangest things that I've seen happen this week.
Here's a good way to sum up the way I feel about my return to the U.S.: check out the last few seconds of this "Daily Show" report from Rob Riggle. I empathize.
