UMTravels

Lots of miscellaneous things going on today. The bimmer goes into the shop today for oil change and break fluid flush (assuming I see that in the manual!). Got to get it there a little before noon for pickup at the end of the day. Thinking about spending the time going downtown to get the [...]

Just a thank you to my father for introducing me to flying at an early age, and how to behave. I know that sounds silly, but that’s what I was thinking while I was joking with the flight attendants on the SLC (Salt Lake City) to SEA (Seattle) Delta flight. This is the part of [...]

Thanks to all for the comments on the bag designs — now I need to put them on the Shirts of Bamboo blog for the same treatment. Got five responses to the first three bags, and now there are three more to look at: http://www.twango.com/channel/markso.BlogLoads and here is the link to the bag designs already [...]

Steak and eggs for breakfast. Brisket sandwich for lunch. Roy’s Hawaii Fusion for dinner. What a day of wonderful food. But enough about that — let’s talk about work for a minute — yes, I’m down in Florida working. And I have a question for the bloggettes (the readers of the blog?). What do you [...]

What a flight day! They (the powers that be) let me into the Crown Room before my red-eye flight to Atlanta, so I was nicely lubricated (from dinner, and then drinks in said Crown Room) before my flight. Here is the review of the Delta First Class service to Atlanta (then Tampa). When I saw [...]

A very busy day for me today. There is work to do in the garage now that I have the drill (stereo equipment turntable and drop-it shelf), cooking for Randy-In-All-Worlds who is coming to look at DJ equipment, have dinner and take me to the airport so I can jet off to Tampa/St. Pete late [...]

As I get ready to head off to Tampa tomorrow night, I ponder the week of airline news. This week in bankruptcy and shuttered: Aloha Airlines ATA Champion Air (end of May) A lot of people going to/from Hawaii screwed at the same time since ATA was a big flier there with it’s tie-in to [...]

The dreaded roof. 80#? 100#? 120#? Who knows, but it has to be boosted up seven feet TWICE. Once to mark out the boards to be cut, and then again, once the boards ARE cut. Here is the final result (OK, so it’s right before the last baton got put on): I’ll bring down the [...]

Well — as always there are “issues” and “complications. And the “potting shed” is no different a project. What’s that phrase? “It takes three trips to the store to complete a plumbing project.” Two trips to the store today, and we aren’t done. Here is what we arrived to: We solved the mud problem by [...]

So today’s idle thought based on a mention in the Wall Street Journal about JetCombo, a company that allows you to put in your real start airport and end airport. Here is a search from Lopez Island, though they make me leave from Victoria. Lopez – Lopez Island, WA, US���to ���St Petersburg, FL, US Leave [...]