lady_curmudgeon and I left the farm after brunch and some frenzied car-packing, getting onto the road at around 1430. We drove into town, got fuel and then I realized I hadn't helped with a chore prior to departure. Ever the dutiful son I turned the car around and drove back to the farm despite my parents' protests on the phone. I helped my dad make short ( Read more... )

So it's been decided: lady_curmudgeon and I are heading North this afternoon! But in a departure from our usual migration pattern, we aren't stopping in the Kenosha/Antioch area. No, instead we're going all the way up to Minnesota to spend the weekend on the farm with my folks. Yes, it's a very long drive for a very short weekend, but the opportunity to get ( Read more... )

Last Thursday it was off to Wheeling via ORD (playing taxi) for con. Today we are off to Minnesota by way of Antioch (lunch with out of state friends) for Thanksgiving on the farm with my family.

More later. Safe travels for those doing like us!

Off with markvd in the rental truck (Saturn Outlook) to go set up the new datacenter for $EMPLOYER. Will be back late this Friday evening. Probably will check in with LJ land as the week progresses.

... or at least I am with lady_curmudgeon at the World's Smallest Flat in Kenosha. I caught the 0700 EDT flight out of LGA (meaning I had to be awake at 0400 EDT, which netted me something like 3 hours of slee) and arrived on time at 0832 CDT. I picked up the Expy, paid the long-term parking bill and drove North. I estimate my time of arrival to be something ( Read more... )

Ultimately it wasn't just my flight that got canned! It was all flights to Chicago that got canceled, along with a number of flights to other destinations. Once I was sure that I was screwed out of my flight options with United I called my Corporate Travel Monkey's emergency line to get something rolling and see if I could get out on another ( Read more... )

I'm at gate C9 in La Guardia Airport and for the foreseeable future I'm not going anywhere. My flight, which was running late already, has been diverted from LGA to PIT. According to the overhead announcement the plane hasn't even touched down yet at PIT -- but once it has there will be some sort of an updated announcement. Apparently there is ( Read more... )

I've driven past it perhaps dozens of times in the last five or six years, but I've never stopped there. That was taken care of last night, however, when lady_curmudgeon and I were just out for a drive in the area -- I can now officially (and with great pride) say that I have been to the Mars' Cheese Castle in Kenosha, WI ( Read more... )

I'm taking off for the great North to witness the marriage of tremaine and mistletoe. Despite the insane gas prices, I think the drive will do me good.

I'm home ( Read more... )