I woke up at 5:30, after a wonderful, uninterrupted night’s sleep. The sun was up already and reflecting off the Blue Mountains, and looking out our “Executive Valley Suite” picture window, I saw the scene I had been imagining since I made our reservations at the end of June. Robert made us some coffee while … Read more
It took just a little while to unload that huge plane. There were 298 passengers flying in the coach section alone. Let’s see, at between $1800 and $2000 a ticket, that’s just around a half-a-million dollars from coach class alone. Immigration went smoothly and quickly. We waited way too long for our luggage, and finally … Read more
The 14.5-hour flight was pretty uneventful. In terms of food, we had a meal not long after taking off, which was at about midnight California time, 3AM (Eastern) time to us, another snack maybe five or six hours into the flight, and then a full breakfast 1.5 hours before landing in Sydney. By far, the … Read more
My friend Amelia allowed us to park at her place in Morrisville, and graciously dropped us off at the United area in Terminal C. Thanks, Amelia! Flight Plan of Record Raleigh-Durham Denver 3 Hours, 51 Minutes Layover Denver 56 Minutes Denver San Francisco 2 Hours, 26 Minutes Layover San Francisco 1 Hour, 56 Minutes San Francisco Sydney … Read more
I slept in this morning in honor of the official start of my vacation. Glorious. I wrote a short article about onesentence.org for the STC newsletter and sent it to John as a potential filler (i.e., if he needs one) article for the October edition, or it can be used in the January edition instead—if … Read more
Praise the &deity! I have finally had an entry published on onesentence.org. I edited my heart out today to finish an IBM commitment before starting vacation tomorrow. I had about an hour to kill before leaving for class, so I wrote my “President’s Pen” article for the October edition of the STC newsletter, which was a … Read more
I’m not quite sure if the tone of this posting of mine meshes with the tone that the professor envisioned the postings would have when she decided to use an electronic discussion board for our class, but making the things that I do fun is an immutable part of my being. And that applies to … Read more
Who knew? An article in praise of my profession. I spent ten hours on Rhetoric of Science and Technology homework “accommodating” the article Facilitating Social Networking in Inner-City Neighborhoods for the 2008 International Real Estate Research Symposium in Malaysia. It’s still not done. We got to dancing at close to 8:30 to find only one … Read more
Hope you had a great day “filled with fun-packed awesomeness like a party!” You remember Grace? She was the subject of this blog entry—now attending a (Quaker) school in which she’s thriving instead of being bullied just because she doesn’t conform to society’s idea of what a girl should look like. They recently had “Curriculum … Read more
I had an über-productive day today, but had to prioritize school work over work work. I will have to make up for that some how this weekend, but it’s going to be a challenge with our first paper for Rhetoric of Science and Technology class due on Monday, and three grueling reading assignments, for which … Read more