My weekend in a nutshell starting Saturday morning: drive 2.5 hours to Washington-National/Reagon airport (DCA). Fly Air Tran to Milwaukee (MKE). Frantically try to locate friends. Find them. Eat dinner with them at restaurant with abysmally slow service, okay food, and excellent bloody marys. Sleep at LaQuinta. Get up and judge cat judge. Return ( Read more... )

Friday in Newark Airport I discovered I belong to an elite group. Not one I joined intentionally, either. I belong to that select group of person who have "abnormalities" that are detected by the new millimeter wave scanners in use by TSA. So, in addition to the extra radiation dose, I can look forward to intrusive pat-downs every time I fly ( Read more... )

This post, in its entirety, may also be found at http://www.blueblaze.com/elektra/cemeteryaustria.htm with even more pictures ( Read more... )

Finally taking a moment to catch everything up. Left Philly airport last Monday evening, with a quick stop in San Francisco, then on to Sydney, where I was set upon by drug-sniffing dogs. I guess there are times when having 20-plus cats waiting at home is NOT an advantage . . . after my adventures in customs, and rebooking my connecting flight to ( Read more... )