Sam's Blog

Short stories and observations...

Muffin in the backpack
So...I'm at the airport at 5:00am the other day. Instead of going upstairs where they only have Maxwell House coffee (it's like drinking hot water...what's the point?), I went to Starbucks and picked up a coffee and a blueberry muffin. I took a bite of the muffin and headed towards the terminal. When I got to the security checkpoint, I pulled my laptop out of the backpack and, since there was plenty of room, I put the muffin bag in the backpack. As usual, the security checkpoint was a zoo. So, after I got through, I grabbed my shoes and jacket and threw my laptop into the backpack. I put my shoes on and walked to the gate...sat down...what happened to my muffin? Did it fall out of my backpack? Did I even put it in my backpack? Then...I pulled my laptop out of the backpack and spied a brown bag at the bottom...oh, no...I pulled it out...my blueberry muffin was now a blueberry pancake...I tried to eat it but it just crumbled apart in my hands...

Aaron Neville sings God Bless America...
...during the World Series game 3 7th inning stretch - and nailed it! At first, I was thinking "is there something wrong with his voice?" Then, I realized he was putting his own signature on it. He tore it up! (that translates to he sang very well for all you non-hipsters).

130W Bulbs
I knew they had 'em for outdoors but never imagined that they had 'em for indoors. Well, in my hotel room they have 3 of them right above the mirror. And man do they throw off some heat. I think I've got a sunburn on my face... And if you spend a little "personal time" in the restroom, you need a shower after sweating it out in there....

It's dark up north...
It's dark in the morning until 8:00am and at night before 5 - and it's only October. Kinda weird walking back and forth in the dark. Had the first big storm of the year yesterday too. Rain and upto 40-mph winds. Leaves were swirling around and upwards outside of my office. I thought we were going to have a tornado. The roads appear to be very slick too. Cars were spinning out and skidding all over the place. I guess I'm going to have to learn to leave a little more than 1/2 a car length between me and the car in front of me...shoul.d make Lisa happy....

posted by Sam @ 11:40 AM