Kindle Lust
Posted on February 23rd, 2009
I want one.
I’m a voracious reader. I love reading and when I’m not otherwise busy I can easily read two or three books a week. I also read a lot of magazines, blogs, news sites and the like. All of which is just to explain why I’m so much in lust with the idea of having hundreds or thousands of books avaibale at my fingertips in a single, light and portable device like the Amazon Kindle. It would be so awesome for someone who is constantly traveling to have all the books they want to read for the next few months in such a portable device. And if something came out that you wanted to read you can buy it and start reading it in minutes! Want to read the latest best seller? buy it and in 2 minutes you’re reading it!
Awesome!
But i can’t justify owning it because of the way I would want to use it. You see, I read a lot when I travel. The problem is that I want to be able to read on airplanes during takeoff and landings… which is exactly the times that I’m not allowed to use any electronic devices! Once the plane is airborn I usually take out my Archos 605 and watch a couple of movies so reading during the flight isn’t something I normally do. But the 20 minutes before takeoff and landing when I can’t use the Archos and would love to read something…? That’s exactly when the Kindle would be most welcome, and is precisely the time the airlines refuse to allow me to use it.
But still, I want one!
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Greek to Me
Posted on January 30th, 2009
Headed to Athens today… whoopie.
When people find out how often I travel, and then discover all the “great” places I travel to, they invariably say something to the effect of, “I wish I had your job! It must be nice to see all those awesome places.” To which I am forced to say something along the lines of, “It’s nice, but I don’t actually see anything but my hotel.”
No one ever believes me.
Which is odd, since if I was seeing all these awesome places you’d think I’d brag, even if only a little. I mean, I’ve been all over the U.S. and to a whole lot of other countries, too. But the truth of it is I usually DON’T see anything when I’m traveling other than my hotel room and a hotel ballroom where there’s a business meeting going on. Once in a while I’ll have an evening free to wander around, but even then most of the attractions are closed, the people are in their homes and the only thing I can actually do is eat a quick meal and then get to bed so I’m ready for my next 6am meeting.
Oh, the woe that is I.
In most respects my job IS pretty awesome. But whenever I say I’m headed to another exotic location it would be nice if just once someone understood when I told them that doing the job in Athens, Greece is the same as doing it in Athens, Georgia. Or even Newark, New Jersey. Now, while it’s true that sometimes, in very rare circumstances, I’ll be given a day to myself to explore the city I can’t stress enough how horribly boring it actually is when the norm is for me to fly to another city in another country and never set foot outside the hotel unless I’m headed to the airport. Alas, I already know that most of you reading this are playing the world’s smallest violin and shedding a single, sorrowful tear for me because you just can’t imagine how my job, with all it’s travel perks, could possibly be as hard or boring as I’m trying to impress upon you. So, for all of you doubters and all the other people who don’t travel as often as I do and who still think they’d love my job BECAUSE of all the travel, all I have to say to you is this;
Neener-neener-NEEEEEENER!
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Forget It Geek…
Posted on January 26th, 2009
It’s Chinatown.
Word to the wise. If you desperately need to lay down in a quiet place because you firmly believe you’ll kill someone if you don’t stop the exceedingly painful sleep deprivation headache you have, don’t even think about trying to lay down in your hotel room if it’s anywhere near San Francisco’s Chinatown. Especially during Chinese New Year. OMG, I hate fireworks.
Happy New Year, now STFU!
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On the Road Again
Posted on January 9th, 2009
Yep, time to get my sorry buttocks to the airport.
I’m headed to San Diego today for work… again. Sigh, I never thought I’d ever think of traveling as boring, but man I am so bored of packing/unpacking, airports, airplanes and hotels. I just want to stay home and play with my daughter and dog, is that really so much to ask for?
[cracking thunder of doom]
Huh, I guess that means, “Yes.”
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New Hotness
Posted on July 23rd, 2008
Arizona is hot.
No, sorry. It’s not just hot. It’s really, really HOT! With a side order of caliente. Now, I like hot weather as much, if not more than, the next guy, but I don’t like it when the temperature reaches over 85 degrees INSIDE the house I’ve got to sleep in. Now, you’d think that when someone lives in the modern age and has access to the technological wonders of both central air conditioning and electricity, they would USE them to make their homes more comfortable, wouldn’t you? Especially when they have guests, right?
Well, not if we’re talking about my in-laws, I guess.
I now understand that my mother-in-law wasn’t trying to make a joke last week. You see, she’s gotten so used to the heat here that any temperature below 80 is truly considered cold enough to freeze grain alcohol and warrants two layers of clothing and possibly a hat. Since we’ve gotten here, she’s been constantly sneaking around behind us turning off the ceiling fans because she’s cold. Meanwhile, HoBiscuit, the MightyBaby and I have all been sweating so heavily that you can tell where we’ve been by following our footstep-sized puddles. Well, you could if they didn’t evaporate so fast. And the next person to say, “At least it’s a dry heat.” is going to get a swift kick to the nads.
Unless they bring me an icy, cold drink. Then they get a kiss.
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