Granted, the two events could be completely unrelated, but all I know is I'm not taking a chance again. I think I'll just will my body to not get sick anymore. That should work.

I've officially been staring at a clock for the past hour or so. :)

I swear, sometimes I wonder if ActiveSync's design goal isn't to piss off users.

I can't really say why, but somehow this makes me sad. I always liked driving under the Wilburton Tunnel. Ah well, I suspect I'll like more lanes of 405 in its place.

Halen is a six month old Beagle, and for the most part he's the cutest dog you can imagine. I'm looking forward to when he finally has this whole "fetch" thing figured out so playtime doesn't involve quite so much Scott chasing Halen.

Well, they did give me a code for $50 off my next flight with them. As if I'll ever fly Alaskan Airlines again.

Of course, they didn't bother to include our video camera in the bag. Someone decided to help themselves to a top-of-the-line camera, battery, and charger. Oh, and some crappy vacation footage.

For all of this, they won't refund the $15 fee, or apologize; all they'll do is mail me a claim form, sometime within a few weeks.

Sadly, my luggage is somewhere between here and San Diego (or anywhere else American or Alaskan Airlines fly, I suppose). Maybe one day I'll get to see all the stuff I thoughtfully packed that I wanted. That'll teach me to take stuff places, and pay people $15 for the privilege of losing it for me.

"You need to take 'The Red Bus' to the commuter terminal, sir"
"A bus that says 'Red Bus'?"
"No, it's the bus that pulls up over there that's red. You can't miss it."

I think I just walked into the Twilight Zone for colorblind people.

I'm fine, it barely even caused the presenter to pause (he just had to wait for the chandelier to quiet down)

Edit at 12:49: Here's the AP story on the quake