This is Philadelphia. I just returned from there, but I didn't see any of what is depicted in that lovely photo. My journey there began last Saturday when I woke up at 4am to catch a 6am flight out of Seattle. I just got back home and it is 2am Monday morning. Getting there and back took 4 flights. Of those 4 flights, 4 of them were overbooked. Also, 4 of them were delayed. Several times I thought I was going to get stuck in Atlanta and began plotting how I would get out to Fat Matt's Rib Shack so that the trip was not a total downer, but fortunately (I guess, I mean those ribs are awfully good) I was never stranded there. I spent a grand total of about 26 hours in airports or on planes. How long did I spend in Philly? Not counting sleep (which was about 4 hours, thank you very much east coast time change combined with daylight savings time), I spent maybe 10 or so hours there. Why? To give a 30 minute talk for my boss at a conference. I totally blew people's minds with SCIENCE so that was good. People tell me thats a big deal. Worth 26 hours of travel time? Maybe if I had scored a cheese steak. Yeah, I didn't even complete my one goal of getting a Philly cheese steak while there. Darn science and "planning for my future" got in the way. I am not sure you can even say you've been to Philly if you didn't get a cheese steak. Don't worry Philly, I don't hold it against you (this is clearly science's doing), but you best look out the next time I step foot within your limits. Have the cheese steaks ready and plentiful.Monday, March 15, 2010
Next time, it's just you and me Philly...and cheese steaks
This is Philadelphia. I just returned from there, but I didn't see any of what is depicted in that lovely photo. My journey there began last Saturday when I woke up at 4am to catch a 6am flight out of Seattle. I just got back home and it is 2am Monday morning. Getting there and back took 4 flights. Of those 4 flights, 4 of them were overbooked. Also, 4 of them were delayed. Several times I thought I was going to get stuck in Atlanta and began plotting how I would get out to Fat Matt's Rib Shack so that the trip was not a total downer, but fortunately (I guess, I mean those ribs are awfully good) I was never stranded there. I spent a grand total of about 26 hours in airports or on planes. How long did I spend in Philly? Not counting sleep (which was about 4 hours, thank you very much east coast time change combined with daylight savings time), I spent maybe 10 or so hours there. Why? To give a 30 minute talk for my boss at a conference. I totally blew people's minds with SCIENCE so that was good. People tell me thats a big deal. Worth 26 hours of travel time? Maybe if I had scored a cheese steak. Yeah, I didn't even complete my one goal of getting a Philly cheese steak while there. Darn science and "planning for my future" got in the way. I am not sure you can even say you've been to Philly if you didn't get a cheese steak. Don't worry Philly, I don't hold it against you (this is clearly science's doing), but you best look out the next time I step foot within your limits. Have the cheese steaks ready and plentiful.
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But did you have good movies on the plane?
They charge you for the movies now...and the food. Thanks to one delay I saw most of the blind side again (that was to try and appease us while they made us wait on the plane), but I also had wonderful cable TV on board. Oh how I missed you Sportscenter!
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