* Worked a week that was frustrating due to tasks which should have been simple and quick becoming complex. Speculation is that the programming being done by the corporate travel agency in order to streamline obtaining approval from management for purchased trips is causing the interface between the online travel tool and the agency to b0rk. I ( Read more... )

updated 12:15pm: and so it begins. new restrictions - SF Gate and new restrictions - NY TimesAir Canada ( Read more... )

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wandered to the bay for the weekend. t'was quite loverly! i took oodles of pics. i find it amazing to see how many structures survived the 1906 earthquake. granted the place i stayed was constructed in 1908.

click the bridge to see some of my favourites.



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in the UK they are beginning to fingerprint domestic travellers, and may soon be doing so with international.

welcome to a world of police states.

the following article is from the london daily telegraph, by david millward and gordon rayner

Millions of British airline passengers face mandatory fingerprinting before being allowed to board flights ( Read more... )

Air Canada passengers hurt in turbulence

"It happened very fast," one unidentified female passenger told the media at the airport. "One side of the plane just went up a little bit sideways and then just went back down. Our friend was really hurt. ... She flew up and hit the ceiling and went back down."hmmm... seems to me that even if the "seat ( Read more... )

last night there were some articles on internet news sites regarding a computer failure at LAX which delayed passengers on international flights. the computer system is the one which compares airline passenger lists with the terror watchlist. the result is that those people are flagged for secondary screening at customs ( Read more... )

i have been reading about the disturbances taking place in france after the election of sarkozy.

this quote really makes france the top destination for a vacation in my books... not!

At the time Sarkozy branded the troublemakers as scum and Royal said last week that a victory by her opponent would provoke violence in French suburbs ( Read more... )

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it snows in the far north... alot ( Read more... )