• To the douchebag who was wearing the tee-shirt with a photo-realistic picture of a curvy woman in lingerie on it at the airport, stay classy.
  • I’m sure the woman in line with you, who was so old that the TSA told her she didn’t have to remove her shoes, enjoyed seeing that, as did the mother of two small children and her kids.
  • Of course, we all got a laugh when you had to take your belt off to go through the body scanner, and as you raised your hands above your head, they fell down to your knees.
  • Nice Mickey Mouse boxers, bro.
• I enjoyed having a king sized bed to myself in the hotel, but it’s always better to sleep in your own bed.
• If you were on the design team for the airport in Baltimore, I owe you a beer.
  • Seriously, thinking to have about 100 publicly available, cost-free electrical outlets in each of the terminal areas was a stroke of genius.
• Irish Woman and I made apple pie preserves tonight.  They smell like a whiff of heaven, and taste just like they smell.
  • Once I’ve had a couple of years to play with the recipe and make it my own, I’ll share.
• Boo went to zoo camp today with two of his friends from school.
  • We call them “The Three Amigos”.
  • I warned the teenager who was in charge of his group, but I don’t think she took me seriously at the time.
  • When Irish Woman picked Boo up this afternoon, it sounded like she was taking my warning seriously.
• When I was growing up, my dream was to be a history teacher at a high school or a university.
  • Now that I’ve gotten to know quite a few teenagers and college kids, I’m sort of glad I went down another path.
• We started buying school clothes for Boo tonight.
  • Of course, after we’d picked up three pairs of khaki pants for him to wear, we got the email that his class is only supposed to wear navy blue.
  • I know I have that receipt around here somewhere.

• I now understand why so many of the early colonies in Virginia died out within a year.
  • Do y’all set out water evaporators just to add to the experience of swimming through the air or something?
  • My hat is off to you if you lived here before the advent of affordable air conditioning.
  • Also, please don’t get me wrong.  Virginia is a beautiful place, I just hate humidity.
• I’d like to say that my work today went smoothly and was 100% successful.
  • However, I was taught to never tell a lie.
• I’m not staying at the fanciest or most expensive hotel in town, but I wouldn’t trade the service here for anything.
  • When I asked about a shuttle to the airport at 6:30 tomorrow morning, the clerk said that they’d call me a taxi and the hotel would pay for it.
  • I’ve never had that happen before.
• If I were 20 years younger, I would already be out enjoying Saturday evening.  I am now, however, just going to clean up, find something to eat that I don’t have to chew too much, and crash.

I actually made it through Uncle BadTouch with my dignity intact this morning.
I shared a row on my first flight today with Justin Bieber’s favorite stalker. I now know which hospital he was born in and his blood type. I probably could have lived without that.
A kid in the seat next to you, chugging soda and eating Skittles, does not bode well for the flight.
Airports are great places to people watch.  You see a little of everything.
When I got to Norfolk, I waited for the hotel shuttle with a family of 7, with all the children apparently 5 and younger, who had their flight canceled. They will be continuing their journey to Hawaii tomorrow. There but for the grace of God go I.
I’m getting old. I walked past a breastaurant to get dinner somewhere else. I finally reached the age where I feel creepy around scantily clad 23 year old women.
Tonight I hydrate, for tomorrow I shall sweat like a hog. Although it doesn’t seem as sticky here as I thought it would be.

• Remember how I felt good and productive yesterday?  It was a temporary condition.
• As I pack for my trip tomorrow, I remind myself just how much I hate flying and airplanes.
  • This is not a good thing for a guy who works for a large airline.
• I’m definitely going to do my best to get to the range next weekend.
  • I need the practice
  • I need the recoil therapy
  • I need to spend the time with Girlie Bear.
  • I need to get somewhere where the cellphone doesn’t work.
• Whoever ordered the climate from southern Louisiana and had it delivered in Louisville, I hate you.
• It’s never good for my outlook on life when I start looking at real estate listings back home.
• Know what will put a whole new spin on your day?  Try finding a relatively expensive piece of electronics in the pocket of your pants as you’re transferring them from the washer to the dryer.
  • Oh well, I’ll just have to make the trip without my backup battery pack.

• I was actually productive and in a good mood all day.  It felt….. odd.
• What’s that you say?  The effort you made me work on a Sunday to get you ready for isn’t going to be finished for almost two months?  No problem, I’ll just put the clean-up work I need to do off for another month.  Thanks so much.
• It is amazing how fast people, who normally move at speeds that would piss off snails, move when there is a big black thunderhead rolling toward them and they have a long walk out to their car.
• For once, the drivers in Louisville acted like sane, rational people while driving through a rainstorm.  Again, it felt….. odd.
• If our green beans keep growing up their trellis at their present rate, I’ll be climbing them and bringing down a singing harp sometime in the next few weeks.
• Our first baby tomato is doing well, and we should have our first cucumbers and bell peppers in the next few days.
• Of course there’s a 40% chance of thunderstorms in Norfolk this weekend.  All I’m going to be doing is standing out in the middle a big concrete pad next to a big aluminum airplane.
  • Irish Woman didn’t seem upset when I told her this.  She may have finally figured out how much life insurance I carry.
• When making and canning applesauce in June, it is a good idea to crank the kitchen ceiling fan to “Turbo” and open a couple of windows.
  • Then again, who doesn’t like a nice schwitz?
• I love the way a thunderstorm and heavy rain sounds.
  •  Moonshine, however, feels the need to protect the family from whatever is making all that noise.
  • A dog barking at the sky at 10 PM is not optimal.
• The whole house smells of apples and cinnamon.  I ate a huge dinner, but I’ve never had such a case of the “Feed me!” before, at least not in June.
  • Thanksgiving doesn’t count, because if the smell of roasting turkey doesn’t make you hungry, then you need to see a doctor.