Saturday, December 27, 2008

Shoe Shines, as Close as One Man Can Get to Giving Another a Foot Massage

The Denver airport is a little boring, although if memory serves there is a decent burrito place... And I think I got a great deal on a few Diesel watches here once... But there's generally not much to do. However, if you have about ten minutes to kill (as I do while waiting on my connecting flight home to Chicago) the shoe shine spot near Gate 42 ain't bad!


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Monday, December 22, 2008

Hypothetical Question

What's worse, when your bookie ends the conversation with "Talk to tomorrow." or when the bartender opens with "You're late!"...?


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Great New NYT Blog... I Think

I just started reading Proof: Alcohol & American Life, a blog on the NY Times by David Kramer. I'm adding it to the sidebar here and if I can remember and/or find the time, hope to become a regular reader. At least for as long as it takes for me to figure out if it's any good...

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Dammit I Could Have Easily Gotten Another Twenty Minutes of Sleep

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Worst Part About Wearing Your Suit When Traveling the Night Before a Meeting...

...is that you don't really have anything to wear, pants-wise, when you answer the door for room service. Don't get me wrong, I'm pulling the suit pants back on for a few minutes... but it's not like I'm going to sit around my hotel room in my suit, right? And I'm sure as hell not going to eat my room service cheeseburger in my suit... but the whole point in taking this approach is to NOT have to pack anything more than just my "Booq" shoulder bag. And I can't exactly squeeze a shirt, tie, fresh socks and underwear, PLUS a pair of jeans in there...

See, this is what I'm talking about.

So, it makes the room service situation potentially awkward.

The Hertz Counter in Columbus May Be the Slowest in the Country

Just, you know, FYI.


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Chicago to Columbus to Cincinnati

You heard me.


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Monday, December 1, 2008

An Ode to "indefinetly"

If I ever took the time to make a list of words I always misspell, "indefinetly" would top the list. You know, it's very similar to "define". And yet, means something else entirely. It has that tricky "in" prefix, which works so nicely in other words - like indistinct, inconsequential, and so on. Then, just to make life interesting, we throw on the "tly" and PRESTO! a word that means "pretty much always not defined". You know, something like that.

I broke down earlier today and Googled "indefinetly" after trying at least 2 or 3 other (incorrect) spellings. I cringed, hit Enter, and could practically SEE Google smirking at me in the
Did you mean: indefinitely link.

Yes, I meant "indefinitely" ...you bastard.

PS - First canceled ("cancelled" would also make the list) flight of the season earlier today! I'm giving December a slogan: Winter '08-'09: Off to a Strong Start.