-I have found that the news cycle (for anything but the largest of events) is so short that several times when I've worked offshore, something happened back hom

-I have found that the news cycle (for anything but the largest of events) is so short that several times when I've worked offshore, something happened back home - some celebrity died, some place burned down &c - but by the time I get back home, it is old news. Hence I am blissfully unaware until the topic comes up, perhaps months later. "Oh, so that is why Wenche Foss hasn't been in the news lately..."