When 2 Becomes 4.5
April 6th, 2008I’m flying back home to Chicago tonight and had to connect in Denver. I originally had a 2 hour layover between flights, which was bad enough, but just before taking off to Denver I got a text message from United telling me that my flight had been delayed another 2.5 hours, with absolutely no explanation. I do a quick check of the weather in Chicago through my phone and it looks just fine. A call to Megan and my parents to ask about the weather only elicits the response “It’s only bad if 60 and sunny is bad”. Various gate agents are unable to tell me why my flight has been delayed 2.5 hours, as no reason is given to them either, apparently. The last information I received is that the plane that was originally going to be used, which arrived a good 1.5 hours before my scheduled flight, was being swapped for a plane that arrives 2 hours after my flight was scheduled to leave. Man, I hate airlines sometimes.
I still have no explanation for the plane change, and it still seems possible that my flight could be cancelled outright. I suppose the only positive, for the moment, is that Denver Airport now has free WiFi. Still, there’s only so many web pages to go to and read over and over again, particularly on a Sunday night. I have the seemingly endless Picross with me, but I’ve played it so much in my downtime the past week that I feel like I could give it a break (and besides, I’ll still have my flight with no WiFi availability). I’m also, frankly, far too tired to read my book. It’s times like these that sometimes make me miss WoW, which would probably be a great time-killer right now. Seeing as I still have at least another hour before boarding, maybe I’ll try some Mythos out instead.
You can consider this an open thread.
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April 9th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
“You can consider this an open thread.”
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EVERYONE, POST PORN LINKS NOW!!!!
…to be honest tho, more than a few airlines are going bankrupt, and AA is getting some serious hardships. What was the trip about? What business do you do for a living, if it’s ok to ask?
April 9th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
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good news, fellas and fellarettes!
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080409-blogging-meets-literary-theory-in-new-analysis.html
quote: “One key feature for most users was a sense of community. Even though blogging is an inherently one-to-many activity, most readers felt a personal connection to the author. This could foster the feeling that the reader belonged to the community even in the absence of participation, and led those who did participate via comments to agonize over their content. Only one of the study participants said they enjoyed triggering flame wars; most of the others felt their comments were a form of appreciation for the blog author, and worked hard to make them insightful and cogent.”
hmm? hmm? shouldn’t we the readers get some sense of utter appreciation and profuse gratitude from your end, dear twin authors? :mrgreen:8)
April 10th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
“…to be honest tho, more than a few airlines are going bankrupt, and AA is getting some serious hardships. What was the trip about? What business do you do for a living, if it’s ok to ask?”
The trip was about Skiing, and not business. =)
I work in IT for a health care company. I used to be a consultant.