Well, tonight was Halloween in Orlando and I can sum it up like this: BIG HAIR. BIG LAUGHS. BIG TROUBLE. Enough said. 😉 One thousand two hundred and thirteen of the new forty [...]
Tag: Travel
In the land of Mickey and Minnie…
The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) hosts it's conference every three years in Orlando, Florida. The locations for the years in-between vary, but all roads lead back to Florida. This is my third time attending the IAEM Conference in Florida. The weather is typically nice in Florida and there are many great attractions and [...]
Travel weary…
Travel is great fun when done in moderation. I am always fairly optimistic about business travel when it is a few months away and is a singular trip surrounded on either side of it by long periods at home. Of course that is not how it tends to end up. One lone trip sandwiched between [...]
Be it ever so humble…
I love being able to do the work I do. It is work that I am privileged to do and I am honored to be able to contribute to the emergency management community. Alas, it often requires travel and too much travel can get old. I am a Cancer - as in, that is my astrological sign. Cancers [...]
The kinder, gentler airport…
When I travel to Emmitsburg alone, I fly into the Harrisburg airport instead of BWI. The reason I do that is because the navigation from Harrisburg to Emmitsburg is much less complicated and the drive is more scenic. I am not the biggest fan of driving in strange places to begin with and when you [...]
Petunia balls…
It occurred to me at about 6:30 AM this morning that if one must be up and about at such an ungodly hour they should at least have their landscape punctuated with petunia balls. That is about the only way 6:30 AM in the morning can be made palatable at the Minneapolis airport. Thank goodness [...]
Elementary, my dear Watson…
Yesterday, I solved the mystery of Noah's Canadian hive attack. All the pieces just came together in a moment of clarity (after daydreaming no less - how apropos). The final piece of the puzzle was right in front of my face for the last few days, but it took some nausea and imbalance for it all [...]
THE NEW FORTY 