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Monthly Muse February 2002
Posted Apr 30, 2002
Managed to escape the winter wonderland for a week
and went to Honolulu to visit my parents. I was kind
of surprised that the airport security didn't seem
any
more stringent or instrusive than it had before. I
hadn't flown since summer of last year.
The plane was really full and since I was space
available and the only space was in business class,
I
got upgraded. Gotta love it. Things are so
complicated
now that I had to ask the woman next to me who was
obviously a frequent business class flyer how to
work
the little personal tv screen. She managed to get it
switched on and lo and behold, about 25 bare
breasted
women were walking down the catwalk on some fashion
show. She mentioned quickly that she could show me
how
to change the channel, but I told her it would be
just
fine.
Hawaii was quite cold and windy, but lots of sun, so
I
didn't mind. Had a good visit with the folks and a
couple of good dinners at the Outback and Jose's
restaurants. Managed a couple of nice long beach
walks
before heading back home to the last gasps of
winter.
Empty flight coming home, so no business class, but
since it was a night flight, I just slept anyway.
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Monthly Muse January 2002
Posted Feb 2, 2002
Peter Gzowski 1934-2002: Nobody opened up Canada like Peter. He talked to Canadians far and wide, some of whom sounded like they lead the most boring lives on earth, and yet every show was interesting, entertaining, and educational. He seemed to believe that if it was Canadian then Canadians would be interested in it. And he proved himself right. Job well done, Peter, I will miss you.
Taliban/Al-Qaeda in Cuba: Let me see if I am missing something here. There is this group of soldiers/terrorist who live half way around the world in a poor country whose main goal in life is to attack the western world especially the USA. Their weapons are outdated and they have basically no way to get there. So the US captures them and flies them to within a few hundred miles of their borders into a base loaded with modern weapons and aircraft. I know they are well guarded, so let us just hope the yanks know what they are doing.
Lots of snow here this month, lots of drivers stranded, crashing, slipping and sliding. Glad the rains have returned and we can get back to our wet coast weather.
Visa card showed up with all kinds of charges I did not make. Visa people very nice about it and new card on the way, but still a hassle, now I have to contact all the places that automatically charge my card and change the number.
Managed to get out to a movie this month. Saw Lord of the Rings, enjoyed it thoroughly. Cannot wait for the sequels.
Work changed from 11 hour shifts to 12 hour shifts. Not too much difference, but at the end of the week, I am pretty tired. Still, I have only done 2 weeks of them so far.
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