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January 1, 2006
New Year's In the Dark This Year
Hi all... apologies for the long bloggie absence. After flying all night Thursday from Calgary to Miami to attend a friend's wedding reception (did I mention that Air Canada neglected to check my bags through to my final destination, so I had to pick up my bags in San Francisco, run the entire length of the terminal to the United counter, only to be told that my flight was a United flight *operated* by US Air, so I had to run BACK to the other end of the terminal (carrying two very heavy bags) at about midnight Calgary time and almost missed my flight... had to go through security again and didn't even have time to put my shoes back on before running to make the final boarding call??? NIGHTMARE! Especially for a person who is always early to airports to avoid this sort of thing. Anyway...)
So I got home on Saturday morning after catching a 7 am flight out of Miami and took a little nap. Very nice. Then I tried to hook up my computer to our cable modem, since M is in Calgary with his computer which had been hooked up previously, providing me with wireless access. Problem! I turned on the surge protector and SPARK! And out when the power in most of our house, just like happened the very first weekend M was in town! Waited all evening for the electrician, who won't be able to come out and fix it until tomorrow morning. Ugh!
Just remembered, however, as I am sitting in my favorite Starbucks checking email, that there used to be a random wireless hotspot in our living room, no doubt picking up someone else's connection. Will try that later.
Off to a friend's party, carrying my own food since I am doing the no more than 1300, perfectly weighed and measured, experiment this month. I come bearing cottage cheese, a measuring cup, eggwhites, and a Trader Joe's yogurt.
More soon... in the meantime, tune in to 60 Minutes tonight to see Aubrey de Grey!!!!! I kid you not. Check it out.
Posted by april at January 1, 2006 9:35 AM
Comments
Thanks for the heads up about de Grey's showing on 60 Minutes.. I'll definitely have to watch it tonight.. :)
Posted by: Gregg M. at January 1, 2006 10:50 AM