Ontario's Feel Good Town
Gem of Lake Ontario

By popular request....

I should be there in less than 24 hours.  Does anyone have anything they think I have to do in Amsterdam, other than the obvious? (Although feel free to emphasize the obvious anyways if you feel like it).  I'm also curious about cellphones; I don't have any first-hand experience with cells in Europe at all, and I'm going to need one despite only being there two weeks.

It's been a long while since I've written a dairy entry. I figure I should probably write one before I forget what happened.

Highlights:

• Went to Australia
• Finished my first game as a lead programmer
• other less exciting stuff

I am in the Big Apple for a little over twenty four hours.

First, I would like to apologize to all the HuSites who live in the greater SF Bay Area.  My business schedule was such that I couldn’t really take the time for a get-together with you.

Now on to the story of my massively fucked up travel to and from Kal-i-forn-ia and how I nearly got arrested at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, AZ.

I've been here for a while, I was part of the first wave of refugees from here. I've been lurking here for years.

I make a small lab in a big telecomm company work. This allows us to produce many a product. I do everything, Linux & Solaris System Administration, Network Administration, purchasing, installation of products under development, plus anything people don't want to go to the IT department for. Two years ago there were 4 people doing these jobs, now, it's just me. After two years of never having any free time and always having an "emergency" to fix, I'm quiting. And it feels soooo gooooooooooood.

Hoping to do some site seeing and visit some new places.  So if you've been to a location on the list and have something to add please feel free to do so.  Looking mainly to find small bars with rock/punk/alternative music something that's been harder to do than I'd expected on my travels.

or is it 1?

Reality bites.

Location: JFK (New York City), Terminal 7 (Delta, unfortunately)
Date: 08Dec06
Time: 20:15-ish
Elapsed transit time: 22 hours
Expected transit time remaining: 5 hours

Subject: TSA admits liquids restrictions are for revenue, not security.
Well, duh!

Also, idiot customers.

x-posted to da brog, sans poll

...in which Maxwell puts his feet up and makes himself comfortable.

Traveling to Jesusland, dropping the soap at the YMCA, and getting fired before the holidays.

Quote of the week:

"We all believe in redemption," said the rogue senator. "Thank God." -- John McCain (R-AZ)

Woo, we're here.