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Guten Tag:

Once again, I will begin my blog post with a familiar greeting -- sorry for the long layoff. Call it lack of motivation, call it writer's block, call it whatever you like...I don't care.

Anyway, I just returned last week from a 10 day adventure in Europe (Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and Slovakia). My old travel buddies -- Tom, John, and Jon -- joined me for a National Lampoon's European Vacation/EuroTrip/Hostel-like adventure. It was incredible to say the least. We travelled by air from Vienna to Munich; we travelled by train from Frankfurt to Prague; we travelled by boat from Bratislava to Vienna. We almost travelled by Segway around the Olympic Park in Munich but decided that it was just a little too gay...not that there's anything wrong with that.

It was confirmed that Americans are very loud and obnoxious and that is part of the reason the world hates us. It was confirmed that Slovakian women are by far the sexiest women in the world. It was confirmed that American beer is garbage and foreign beer doesn't give you a hangover.

I wanted to use the Segway bit as a segue to the topic of this post but there really is no connection so you'll just have to deal with it...also, that would be a really lame pun. So yeah, a few weeks ago I was in Cambridge, MA for a meeting and I was checking in with the reception lady and noticed her nameplate on the counter in front of her. I don't remember her first name but I noticed her last name was hyphenated.

I still don't understand why a woman would want to label herself as such a feminist. I mean don't they realize how other people, especially men, look down upon them. But I digress. The thing that stood out to me was the fact that both last names were the same. This woman married someone with the same last name and still felt compelled to hyphenate her last name. Are the hormonal feelings of this woman so strong that she couldn't just keep her name the same? I feel so bad for her husband. Do you remember the scene in Saving Silverman where Jason Biggs' character is so whipped that he changes his name when he gets married. Hilarious.

So I am back, Jordon's Deep Thoughts is not dead, and I will post again real soon, I promise. Until next time - auf Wiedersehen.