about 10 months ago, i posted about my first experience with inflight wifi. how fast we get spoiled ( Read more... )

courtesy of yakshaver, and following his rules: no drivebys, and no airport-only stops.

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greetings from texas ( Read more... )

it's been a few years since i've been on a flight to nowhere. my last flight to nowhere was in 2004, and it went somewhere a few hours later. so, i guess i was overdue.

i just got off of air canada flight 7688 to nowhere, by way of a 20 minute holding pattern off the coast of massachusetts. it took an hour and 51 minutes from takeoff on runway ( Read more... )

after my last half dozen trips to montreal, walking a block and a half in bitter cold to work, then walking a block and a half back to hole up in my hotel, it finally feels like summer in montreal! i took an hour walk this evening, from my hotel near the bell centre up to the parks northwest of town and back. the streets were crowded, ( Read more... )

finally ended up on a flight with gogo wifi. i paid for it more for the novelty than anything.. ($9.95 for flights up to 3 hours, $12.95 for anything longer -- so $9.95 for the flight from atlanta to boston ( Read more... )

there's something to be said for walking into a bar, and being offered the usual..

but i'm in canada! là où tout le monde sait votre nom, i guess.....

doesn't happen to me often, but this trip, i got sent to secondary inspection at montreal immigration. (this isn't customs, where they go rooting thru my bag -- knock on wood, i've never had that happen -- this is immigration, where they question your eligibility for entry ( Read more... )

there are times i wish i was a photographer, and the first real snow of the season will usually do it ( Read more... )

this is the first time i can ever remember that i can say i haven't had a caffeinated beverage in 10 days. i don't particularly miss it at this point.