December 2008
36 posts
enjoying my travels with my wife & kids.
missing the internet, of which I have been mostly freed during our travels, not at all. In fact, missing very little of anything - at least not yet…. Which is good….
Wishing *you* a merry Christmas. On our way to Berlin.
What is this world - or at least the NFL - coming to?! Fining Welker $10k for making a snow angel?!?!… http://ping.fm/7ZUUc
knowing I should not be, but still am surprised by the Yankees’ signing of Teixeira.
Among the many ways our air travel could have been worse: http://ping.fm/NJZs7
Whole #16, mayo both sides, LTO, ketchup & spices
http://ping.fm/v/cnS5x - “Testing SpinVox. Testing testing 123.”
Great news: United knows where our (10) bags are, and will deliver them betw. 8a-9p.
Made it(!) - w/o bags. Fast & easy drive LGA-NJ. After 2 cxl’d flights, what a relief. Now: “Clothing for 6 please….”
Setback inside: Diana getting the run around @ United baggage desk….
One of LGA’s Oshkosh snow plows could have cleared Seattle streets in an hour.
No stopping / standing / waiting in terminal means stop, stand, wait immediately outside terminal. So much safer!
New York City! Let’s see if Diana can convince them to deliver our bags…. ETA “home” 2 hrs???…
As we taxi, daring to look fwd to drive from LGA to EWR for luggage, then to Princeton… Hmm… Likely to be rough.
United doing an excellent job of handling us in coach on 1st class tix - bought cause only way to have Xmas vacation after cxltn yesterday.
On board, reseated together, except Tobias, thanks to generosity of some (no tks to selfishness of others)…
Odds of making it in to LGA tonight, anyone?…
Rebooked to LGA… Will have to p/u luggage in EWR….
Safely to SEA, flight not cxl’d, but flights to EWR delayed :(
noticing that above the clouds the sky is blue.
letting Liza sleep for a couple min’s before violin, listening to “Santa Claus is a Black Man.”
Bio of the US’s new Car Czar: http://is.gd/bTqo
How long it will take “the media” to connect the financial crisis to the risk of social / political crisis - as in (even more serious) War?
Climate change & civilization - the Romans, the Mayans, us now?…
IHT: Shedding feudalism, a Channel island [Sark] fights over its future
http://ping.fm/wM7bN
Contrarians are born. Can one also raise and/or teach a person to be contrarian?
In Hungary, Istvan Hamecz makes infinitely more sense than Fin. Min. Janos Veres. Traders playing chicken w/ CE reserves. http://ping.fm/NQs5E
Dreaming again / Desirous / Not wanting
CNN Presents “The world’s killing fields” — among their “Most Popular” links. Draw your own conclusions. http://ping.fm/EGE1x
Parliament to be prorogued…. Canadian politics /is/ interesting, after all! Who knew?!
reorienting…
[Announcement] It’s a Big Decision in the Town Called Malice.
Chanson du jour (ou du moment?): Shelby Lynne’s “Gotta Get Back.” OH!… Can’t get enough of it. Diggin’ it!… Check it out…
awake, at work, and thoroughly unprepared for today’s ungluing.
sleep to offset the great ungluing that tomorrow again would surely bring…