Monthly Archive for December, 2008

The 10% Principle: Southern Texas, USA

In a week in Texas, I only managed to take 44 photos with my own camera, none of which particularly interest me.  Here are the four best — see if they interest you.

Boston Photos

Roz and I went to Boston a couple of weeks ago, and I just got around to putting up some pictures of some of the new friends we met, there.

Baby Ostrich

Jetting

Yesterday was a 17-hour travel marathon (the third such for me in four weeks) which at last got me to San Francisco.   Looking back on the trip here, there are a few things I’ve realized.

1.  No amount of cold medication alleviates your cold symptoms in an airplane.  There’s a reason Advil doesn’t show airplane scenes in their Cold and Sinus television ads.

2.  A pomeranian in your purse does not give you the right to decide who sits where.  This seems self-evident, but was the subject of considerable argument between the flight crew and a woman from New Jersey who wanted there to be an open seat beside her for her dog.

3.  If you’re a woman from New Jersey, you need to be more aware that your accent may be unpalatable to certain of your fellow airplane passengers.

4.  If you’re a woman from New Jersey, and can only quiet your yapping toy dog by yelling her name, #2 may be invalidated.