Limo-Blogging my trip to NYC

1. www.limoliner.com
2. Diane either has a new piercing inside her mouth or she's recovering from oral surgery. Something is causing an impediment.
3. Take a break from peddling your brake pedals. You're a disaster.
4. Forgot to pack clean benzodiapers.
5. I just used the word 'likely' twice in the same email. I'm not happy about that.
6. Today's feature is total crap.
7. I am not ready for ciabatta crust. I am ready for crumbs (thanks Dr. Han!).
8. How long has Amos been famous exactly?

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UPDATE:

As long as the bus has wireless internet I might as well blog the return trip right?

1pm -- No limo in sight, sit down for glass of pinot grigio at the outdoor cafe across the street from the Hilton.

1:15pm -- I have rows 7, 8 and 9 all to myself, which isn't a big deal unless you've ever had a chance to ride limo liner in which case you know what a big deal this is. Imagine having an entire fung wah bus to yourself, only they bring you cranberry juice and a delicious chicken sandwich with mozzarella and roasted red pepper served on bread so soft that even someone with a gimpy jaw can chew through it with delicate precision. Oh, and at no point are you worried the bus might tip over or catch fire. I'm not saying it won't happen, I'm just saying I'm not worried about it.

2pm -- On the phone with Drew who scoffs at my choice of pinot gris. Recommends alsatian rieslings. We find common ground with sancerre.

3:30 -- It's no WFORC but I'm growing to like Amos. His fame is certainly more deserved than a creep like Fred Phelps.

3:33 -- Now that there's an "option #4" I'm considering getting one of those shirts afterall.

3:37 -- I can't name a single Martin Lawrence film that I find funny.

3:51 -- I asked the stewardess if they serve alcohol. I already knew the answer but I just wanted to go on record. Her reply "I wish."

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Dear blog,

You've been considerably aloof and boring lately. Let's put some spark back into it.

Sincerely,

Your readership.

What we really need in those vending machines

Grilled kalamari kabobs. Beyond delicious. Best consumed by the sea.

Rate my kalamari: 5/5

Vending

So you want to buy a can of soda on the first floor you say? Well too bad. You no longer can (pun). Not for 75 cents. And not for 85 cents.

The Daily Dynasty

Alexis lesson #314: When visiting a new place, do your best to blend in with the locals.

Martinoz vacation reviews: Greece

It was ok, I guess.

My impression of Snoopy without the blog

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Friday List

Songs that Tom Petty would have written, if he had worked at the NMR center:

1. Runnin' to Bay 3
2. Last Dance with Mary Foley
3. Free Surfin'

My impression of the attendance for Kung Fu Hustle

My impression of the blog without Snoopy

FROM BF to JP

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Martinoz airline reviews: Continental

Delay in hours for flight 1602 from Austin to Houston: 3
Duration in hours of airtime for flight 1602 from Austin to Houston: 0.65
Delay in hours for flight 04 from Houston to London (delayed while awaiting connecting customers - connecting customers = me): 0.45
Delayed time of departure for flight 04 from Houston to London: 7:28pm
Arrival of flight 1602 into Houston from Austin: 7:21pm
Approximate speed in miles per hour that I ran from gate C34 to gate E4: 15
Time of my arrival at gate E4: 7:26pm
Time that flight 04 from Houston to London was "closed" in the system to new passengers: 7:22pm
Time that I collapsed on the airport floor in a huddled mass of exhaustion, tears, and pain (a la Nancy Kerrigan 1994): 7:27pm
Time in hours it took the otherwise polite and helpful personnel to put me in a hotel for the evening: 1.5
Number of confirmed seats I had on the next flight out to London when I left for the hotel: 0
Number of completely booked flights to London the next day: 3
Number of hours spent in the city of Houston before departing for London: 20
Time in hours that I arrived in London after my scheduled arrival: 22
Number of times I was assured that my luggage was on the right flight: 4
Number of personnel who checked on my luggage to assure me: 4
Days after my luggage was checked in Austin that it arrived in my hotel room in Wales: 3
Price of a FreeSurfer T-shirt: $10
Price of having a new clean FreeSurfer T-shirt to change into after wearing the same shirt for 3 days: priceless

Rate my airline: 2/5
Rate my airline personnel: 1/5
Rate my FreeSurfer T-shirt: 5/5

across the pond

This is the "telly" in my room at the Bed and Breakfast in London. Should I be surprised that it didn't work?!

(I wasn't)

Martinoz airline reviews: Alitalia

Delay in hours for flight AZ615 from Boston to Rome: 1
Zagat rating of food (including turkey with 3 peas, 2 pieces of carrot and ample thick yucky brown sauce, lasagna con yucky white substance, 8 pieces of fruit that had been dead for a week, and no tiramisu whatsoever): 0
Number of times flight attendants responded to flight attendant button: 0
Number of times I pressed the flight attendant button: 4
Time in hours I spent with a tray of left-overs on my tray table: 4
Number of x-ray check points I went through in Rome airport: 2
Connections from Rome to Athens lost due to flight and check point delay: 1
Time in hours it took otherwise cute and polite personel to put me on a later flight to Athens: 0.75
Days after my arrival that my suitcase arrived in my place of residence: 1

Rate my airline: 2/5
Rate my airline food: 1/5
Rate my airline food by Italian standards: -3/5

Live blogging Snoopy's trip to Greece (from a blog reader's perspective)

1:38 -- Nothing to read. I'm bored.
3:56 -- Could I at least get a daily doodad to tide me over?
7:30 -- No one to threesurfer with.