Archive for December, 2007
7 Hours at Sea-Tac on New years Eve
So, on New Years Eve, due to the vagaries of modern air travel, the family will be spending seven hours at Sea-Tac waiting for the second leg of our trip home.
For me, this is usually not an issue, as I can huddle up in a corner with my wireless connection and while away the hours [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2007 under Life.
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San Francisco 1, Wasteful Excess 0
Don’t really need to explain this, do we?
Via Core77 and LuxuryLaunches
Technorati Tags: Excess,San francisco,Stupidity
Posted: December 28th, 2007 under Life, RANTING.
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There is a 12-step program to help even you…
I am often chided for my 5-shot, Venti Latte.
Then I saw this.
Yup, it’s a “a 13 shot Venti soy hazelnut vanilla cinnamon white mocha with extra white mocha and caramel”.
Lord help this person when they wake up in the alley behind Starbucks on Christmas Day.
Original image from Core77.
Technorati Tags: Starbucks,Core77,coffee,excess
Posted: December 24th, 2007 under Life, RANTING.
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So you think you’re getting a better deal…
Landed in the US on a one-day business trip today. The family is enjoying Christmas with the grandparents in Victoria, BC, and I need to work remotely to cover the time.
I flew into Seattle for a one-day trip, with my brand-new Advanced Parole documents. Figured it would be speedy.
90 minutes later, they let someone who [...]
Posted: December 17th, 2007 under Immigration.
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Fingerprints and Pictures. Big Morning in Boston
This morning we dragged the family out of beg at a ridiculous hour for an adventure into downtown Boston.
It was a big day in the Green Card Process: We were off to get fingerprinted and have our pictures taken. This is a big step, as we can now be cross-referenced against all of the major [...]
Posted: December 5th, 2007 under Immigration.
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