• The color “coral” in a store looks neon orange in a TV studio.
• When my hair looks reasonably sleek from the front, from the side angle it looks like an animal made a nest on my head. A big yellow animal.
• I am thinner now than I have been in a while, yet I still managed to look pregnant on TV. Hmmm.
• Nodding eagerly makes you look a little like you have Alzheimers.
• LEAN BACK ON YOUR CHAIR when on TV or you will look hunchbacked.
• No one is more self critical than a German, no one.

No, seriously, we did our first TV news segment today and apart from a few style gaffes (we’re learning, OK?) we did pretty damn well! And get this: it was FUN.