Oprah and Gayle's Big Canadian Adventure - Part Deux - is finally officially afoot. We escaped Detroit and made our way to Syracuse and then our end destination of Wakefield, Canada (in the province of Quebec). Oprah and Gayle's Big Canadian Adventure - Part Deux - is finally officially afoot. We escaped Detroit by making our [...]
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The pinnacle of an epic fail…
We (Noah and me) are still in Detroit. We arrived here at 11 AM yesterday via a Delta flight and were supposed to fly to Syracuse via Delta's partner - Pinnacle Airlines. It seems that Pinnacle Airlines decided to switch over to a new computer system yesterday - a system that manages things such as routes, [...]
Moves like Jagger?
I have had Maroon 5's song, Moves Like Jagger in my head for the past few days. Unfortunately, it has been more like a Weird Al Jankovic version given my labyrinthitis. In my current version the main chorus line replaces "I've got the moves like Jagger" to "I've got the moves like Grandma" - pitiful, I know. [...]
SF 3516
The first time I saw a North Dakota license plate with SF on it, my buddy Bruce told me that SF stood for Special Friend. It really means State Fleet, but whenever I see a vehicle with a SF plate I still think, "Oh look a Special Friend vehicle!" Today on my drive from West [...]
Picture it…
I am out in Emmitsburg, Maryland this week at FEMA's annual Emergency Management Higher Education Conference. I have come to this conference every year since 2004 - nine years straight now. Every year when I first arrive on the campus (at the Emergency Management Institute-EMI) I take a deep breath. It is like breathing in the rarest air [...]
Leavenworth – quite the getaway.
Groupon Getaways is a travel service that puts together travel deals in collaboration with Expedia. Sometimes their deals are really great and can come in at as much as 60% off. I received an email from Groupon today. The subject line said: San Diego | Las Vegas | Chicago | Cancun | Leavenworth Leavenworth?? Since [...]
Frolicking in the ocean…
I am not a swimmer. As such, if I ever disappear after an alleged late night swim - demand an investigation. A frightening childhood experience with a near-drowning in a swimming pool was enough to provide me with a healthy respect for the water. I don't go to the beach to swim, and as a fair-skinned person [...]
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