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The National Museum of American History is about my favorite museum on the planet. When I was on my 8th grade trip to Washington, we visited. Later that day, we were told that we had an hour to spare. We had two choices on… Continue Reading “My Museum”
Everyone has airport horror stories. Particularly about my own airport. Did you hear that we were rated the “worst” again? “Worst” meaning of all the airports in the U.S., you are most likely to encounter a delay at O’Hare. Boohoo. Go find another airport.… Continue Reading “Happy Travel Day”
MSN’s Travel section had an article about how Virgin Airlines is “advocating a return to civility” in flight. I thought, “Finally, someone is going to shut these whiners up”. I am no Million Mile passenger, but I fly regularly. I make a conscious effort… Continue Reading “Airplane Etiquette”
The Chicago Tribune ran an article about how much trouble the hotel industry is in these days. As if we couldn’t guess. “The first-class traveler is traveling coach. The suite buyer is scaling back to a standard room.” Says The Four Seasons hotel. Yeah.… Continue Reading “Hotel Values”
Let me just add my voice to the chorus. Chelsey Sullenberger is the coolest guy ever. He didn’t just save all of the people on U.S. Airways flight 1549. He saved the people on the ground that had no idea they were in harm’s… Continue Reading “How Cool is this Guy?”
And I have decided that the Blackberry is good for the quick shots, but I just can’t use it for real. For example, the Convention Center has a big hallway with a bunch of statues of distinguished Texans. I learned that Eisenhower was pretty… Continue Reading “Back from San Antonio”
I am leaving tomorrow for our big annual meeting. This is my 12th year working this event. That number pretty much puts me at the grown ups table. “What was your first Annual Meeting?” is a common question among our veterans. I remember the… Continue Reading “Conventions and Meetings”
The state of Illinois has a rather tragic budget situation right now, which is probably not unique. The budget is being cut right and left. One of the more alarming things was in Health and Human Services – which makes me wonder how many… Continue Reading “Rather Ashamed of Myself”
Monday to Raleigh. Tuesday home from Raleigh. Wednesday to Fargo. I hadn’t really unpacked. I am in line at security at O’Hare. Security gives me a “Is this your bag?” Me: “Yes.” Him: “Do you have any sharp objects in this bag?” Me: (Holy… Continue Reading “More about Security”
Fargo, North Dakota. I am not kidding. I am there about once a year and if it weren’t for the cold…the kind of cold that makes you unable to breathe…I would want to live there. Every person you meet is nice. Last year when… Continue Reading “The Nicest City in the USA”
The Next Dark Age 