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Wow, there’s just really no way to say that concisely, is there?

I always said that when I finally put together my very own blog, I’d never apologize if I didn’t have a chance to post for a couple of days. Then again, I never expected that there would be hundreds of you to apologize to, but there you are. So, I’m sorry. I’ve just gotten back from a lovely three-day weekend in New York and a finger-gnawing four-hour wait at the border. I’m typing with stubs now, really.

It’s been a long day and I want sleep, but here’s something to keep you going until tomorrow:

A neat site called Strange Maps features a map of America where the state names have been replaced with the names of countries that have economies similar in size to the states they replace. California’s GDP, for instance, is roughly that of France. Hawaii is on par with Nigeria. New Jersey stacks up about even with Russia. You get the idea.

On a sidenote, if this were the real map of the U.S., I would have spent today driving home from Brazil, with a brief period spent lost in Paterson, Russia. I totally would have made time for an afternoon on the beach in the Dominican Republic.

Also, interestingly, most of the Islamic world would vote Republican.

On another side note: don’t ever get lost in Paterson, New Jersey.

Click on the map to see a larger version.

Via Very Short List.

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