Monthly Archives: June 2006

The time between meeting and finally leaving is sometimes called falling in love

Posted on 30 June, 2006 by Mike

Leaving Venice was a lot harder than I had anticipated. I’d fallen for the place, hard, and with the expectation of Rome ahead, I can’t really say I was looking forward to taking off. Rome was a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Two if by canal

Posted on 24 June, 2006 by Mike

We arrived in Venice after a night of hell. As you might have guessed from the last entry, Vienna (and much of that part of the world) was under some kind of stagnant heat wave, the sort of thing that, … Continue reading →

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Yugh

Posted on 22 June, 2006 by Mike

This is what I have to say about Vienna, in the briefest of terms (we’re only here for another 8+ hours, so I need to keep this short): Conditions at Jun 22, 2006 – 06:20 EDT (1020 UTC) Wind variable … Continue reading →

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Not Constantinople

Posted on 20 June, 2006 by Mike

The more I think about it, the more it seems that the best metaphor I can come up with for this place is.. the Internet. Stop laughing and work with me for a minute, I can support this admittedly flimsy … Continue reading →

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The Big Book of British Airports

Posted on 14 June, 2006 by Mike

It’s currently 23:00 on the nose, in whatever timezone EGLL is in and whatever its name is at the moment. I’ve been here for about two hours now, an hour of which was spent loitering in the baggage claims area … Continue reading →

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Morning glory

Posted on 14 June, 2006 by Mike

I woke up around 5:35 EDT somewhere over Lake Huron, after two hours of fitful sleep. It had been fitful, thanks to some loud girls two rows behind me, and because in spite of the added legroom and assroom, there’s … Continue reading →

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Go big or go home

Posted on 8 June, 2006 by Mike

Let me see if I’ve got this right: The RCMP busts a whole bunch of people who want to plant bombs and blow stuff up, but we’re not really sure what they were going to try to blow up. Fine, … Continue reading →

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Moving target

Posted on 4 June, 2006 by Mike

A. and I were chatting (briefly) today about my upcoming vacation in Europe. “Did you hear about the new terrorist incidents in Turkey?” she said. I had not. She didn’t have any links (bad journalist! no gin for you!), but … Continue reading →

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This is a security system?

Posted on 3 June, 2006 by Mike

I locked myself out of my online banking application the other day, the result of having flunked its “are you really you” verification system twice. It was asking me, after having punched in my giant bank card number and my … Continue reading →

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