A year and a half ago, give or take, there was a job opening in ticketing for the Detroit Tigers. I was, I thought, fairly well positioned and qualified for the job. I decided I wanted it. I had decent connections with people there, applied, and interviewed, and thought it was going to lead somewhere. Basically, it led to me being anxious for a ( Read more... )

Being born and raised a Spartan, taught from birth to hate the Wolverines and everything connected to them in any way is, sans the terrorist killings, rather like “the troubles” in Ireland. Michigan State is the best and only way. Blind devotion is required of true believers. It’s us or them. What we do is right. What they do is not and cannot be. ( Read more... )

I’m not sure if I can ever remember sleeping this inconsistently. Between the sickness, the overindulgence in coffee, the shouldn’t-be-an-issue jet leg, the variety of beds, and probably much more than any of those - the lack of consistent strenuous exercise, I have had very few nights of straight-eight sleep. Last night was the worst yet. I may ( Read more... )

Like most days this week, it would have felt great to lay in bed for another two hours and finally feel well rested, but time was ticking away and Sam had to go to work after breakfast. I got up and we headed into Cincinnati ( Read more... )

If you still think it's possible to plan airline travel that starts at the correctly scheduled time and is complete by the scheduled time, you're only fooling yourself. My flight out of Seattle this morning, which was supposed to leave at 9am, didn't leave until well after 10. They stated reason was lightning, which somehow prevented the fuel truck ( Read more... )

Going to keep it very brief tonight. After work, I finally went to see Prometheus at Cinerama in 3-D with Erin and Steven. I enjoyed it, can recommend it, and was glad to have watched all the Alien movies so recently. It's not as good at Alien or Aliens but it's far superior to parts three and four. Do you need to have see any of them ever or ( Read more... )

Brothers and sister - I officially booked a flight home to Michigan this afternoon. I will depart Seattle to Lansing (can you believe that?) on July 20th, arriving in the evening. I'll be in Michigan, or at least points east, until August 9, giving me enough time to go to the Ionia Free Fair and to North Carolina for a family wedding ( Read more... )