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I spent this weekend disappointing people. Friday, I was supposed to stop by the local watering hole to talk to a gal. I’d said repeatedly that I probably needed to stay around home over the weekend to get stuff done, but she was adamant and I eventually muttered that I would try to swing by. Saturday, there were two parties. I went to neither. Sunday I was supposed to work on a bunch of things around the house. Instead I spent the day laying around the house, gushing sweat from every pore on my body until I realized that I should probably set up the second air conditioner so the house would cool off enough that I could think clearly.
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Today? Lots and lots to be done, and I’m starting the triage already. Some things just can’t be put off any longer, and others can probably slide for another day or two. I think I’ve figured out which is which. One of the things I will get done is starting to point you at pictures from my trip to San Francisco. After all, it was two weeks ago, and even if I’d used film, I’d have them back by now. I’ll start with the set taken from the airplane. I had a window seat and blatantly ignored the no electronic devices directive and happily took pictures with my digital camera as we flew. These first two are local to Minnesota, and require almost no explanation beyond their captions.
- Since the pictures are from a day of flying, how about we start with Airport Security’s Grand Illusion? It’s good to know I’m not the only one tired of all the “security” practices that do nothing more than mean I have to get to the airport a little bit earlier.
- Yes, I know it’s satire, but the story Airline to Shut Down Engines to Save Money targets Northwest, and after my recent flight back from San Francisco, I’m willing to believe it’s true. [fark!]
- Mark Steyn’s Fly Me a River is available through Free Republic. My trip back from SFO was filled with the kind of things he’s griping about. The flight attendants were both 25-plus-year veterans, and yet still couldn’t do things like walk down the aisle without slamming their hips (or the stupid cart) into sleeping passengers, and screeching
WATER?
in their harpy-esque voices. On a three hour flight, I was awakened over six times, which I think speaks more to how tired I was (since I managed to fall back asleep six times) than anything else. - And in spite of air-travel being a
cost-conscious
thing, I’m going to look into flying Midwest Airlines rather than NorthWorst on future trips. The cost is nearly double, and you have to transfer through Milwaukee, but the service sounds worlds better than what I experienced. I’ll also be looking at Sun Country Airlines, which while the service isn’t as good, is significantly cheaper, unless I pop for the first-class upgrade, which puts it at only very slightly more than NWA. I’m tired of paying a premium to fly on NorthWorst, and not get anything extra for it but headaches. - June seems too early to be thinking about elections, but the filing for candidates happens July 5-19, so I guess it’s time to point to the DoWire.Org list of candidates in Minneapolis city elections in 2005 so anyone else with an interest in local politics can take a look before it’s too late.
- There’s also a look at the park board elections at Minneapolis Park Watch. One example of why we need change on the MPRB is The Fuji-Ya restaurant story. It was A dream destroyed for nothing.
- Speaking of parks, Four critics touch all bases against ballpark plans by the Twins. Tom Goldstein says
The Twins stadium issue is like buying a drunk another drink. They keep coming back. What the Legislature needs to do is cut the Twins off and send them to rehab.
And that’s just the teaser-quote. [press-patch] - MasterCard says Millions of credit cards at risk. Nearly 14 million MasterCards, 22 million Visa cards, and 4 million Amex and Discover cards. Sheesh. And the thing that’s most galling is that it’s the merchant who gets stiffed when a credit card number stolen in this way is used fradulently, not the company who couldn’t keep their data secure. [strib]