Mount Rainier National Park
Sunrise viewpoint I spent the Fourth of July weekend camping at Mt. Rainier. (This is also a not-so-subtle attempt to test the Flickr posting thingie.)
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Sunrise viewpoint I spent the Fourth of July weekend camping at Mt. Rainier. (This is also a not-so-subtle attempt to test the Flickr posting thingie.)
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Because I have to vent…
Why I Hate Air Travel: O’Hell Airport Read More »
The schwag of the conference was limited to a breath mint/toothpick dispenser courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, one of the “gold” sponsors of the conference. I don’t know if they’re intentionally suggesting anything to the 90% male attendance at the conference, but biting down on the mints did help me keep my cool and
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When I worked the trade show/presentation circuit in the 1990s, I’d often have to hunt down “lost” components of our booth. On the way to the super secret customer package storage depot, I’d see the inner operations of hotels. Employees weren’t maintaining the facade they do in public, tossing stuff around, fraternizing in the nooks,
Disgustipating hotel food Read More »
When I was in my late 20s, travel seemed glamourous. I took every trip I could get. By using the pedestrian “Saturday Night Stay” tactic, I could easily finagle planning trips from point A to point B with time to actually see point B. Adventures in Point B were, of course, fully-funded by saving the
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Back home! It’s warm, so no cookie for me. The weather cooperated Thursday morning, and I had a pleasant 25-ish mile morning ride. I had my helmet, but if I ever do a bike rental again, I’m going to bring a couple of tools to adjust things and change a flat. Thankfully, I didn’t have
Flash Flood Warning… and not all from perspiration The tone for Wednesday’s episode of the trade show was foreshadowed by the two Mexican brown-tailed bat carcasses on the sidewalk of the Congress Avenue bridge. Dead. The printed schedule said the show was going to run until 6pm. Morning attendance at the plenary session was about
SPF: 45, It’s not Chicago This morning was very slow. One of the other exhibitors set up his laptop to display a live feed of the space shuttle Discovery launch. The new cameras were cool, but everyone was wound up about it and nearly flogged a woman who made lame attempts at humor with comments