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Logan International Beer O’clock with a side of random.

I’ll be flying back to Chicago after a visit with my family out in southeastern MA.  After breezing through I-93 traffic to Logan, my flight has been delayed twice.  Since I figured I’ve really got nowhere to be, I volunteered to be bumped to an even later flight in exchange for a free round trip [...]

Posted 21 July 2008 † Michael § Beer o'clock § Folks who play § Miscellany § Steve Reich ‡ Comments (0) °

Sleep-walking across America

The phone rings at 4.30am, exploding any vaguely triumphant rock-star dreams about the previous night’s concert. It’s the hotel wake-up call, signaling a mad 15-minute dash to leave the hotel: I take a very hot shower to rouse myself into semi-consciousness; clothes are flung, crumpled into an already over-stuffed suitcase; piles of accumulated quarters, nickels [...]

Posted 26 April 2008 † Tim § eighth blackbird § On tour § Things we find funny ‡ Comments (0) °

I’ll have #5

Besides Japan, my wife and I went to Thailand this past December, and found this on the menu at a small family-run restaurant

Posted 10 February 2008 † phot § eighth blackbird § Things we find funny ‡ Comments (1) °