Travel and Blogging

I think I may have figured out why I was lazy about blogging for a while there... I wasn't really traveling much. Well, with my new job that has changed. I am traveling more. And with more travel comes more things to write about.

So, over the last 3 weeks, here are things I've seen while traveling (in no particular order):

- A car service driver not paying attention to the red or green lights above the toll plaza on the NJ Turnpike. This forced him to go through an EZPass lane, but he has no EZPass. He then proceeded to go ballistic on a human toll collector at the next booth. He also used some racial epithets to refer to that toll collector that I will not repeat here. You know, he did have plenty of time to change lanes once he realized that the cash lane he was driving toward was closed. Of course, when your in the car with the raving driver, you should best keep those opinions to yourself.

- A circular double rainbow. I saw this while landing at the Detriot airport looking out the window of the plane. Very cool. "Oh Rain-BOWS... oh yeah, those things are cool." Surprisingly, the terminal of the Detroit airport that I went through was quite nice. Not at all like Robocop (but, to be sure, this isn't in Detroit proper).

- Fantasy Suites. A hotel in KoP, PA had a circular hallway on the top floor. Each room was a different fantasy suite. The theme of each room was described in words and with graphics on the front of the door. So there's the "King for a Night" suite, the "Hall of Mirrors" suite, the "Arabian Nights" suite, etc. A word to the wise - whatever you're thinking of doing in those rooms, someone else has already done it (and lots worse).

- California is another planet. Seriously. We all know smoke is bad, blah blah blah. The hotel in which I stayed in CA has no smoking inside, of course. Outside, while there are no chairs, tables, or even tobacco disposal containers, they figure people still must smoke there. So the state of CA was nice enough to post a sign saying that, since smoking isn't prohibited in this area, it must contain chemicals known to them to cause cancer, death, political incorrectness, etc. The nanny state is upon us.

- Stereotypical old lady terrified of flying. You know who I mean. She's probably around 70, maybe older. Overweight. Speaks with some kind of indescript accent. Crosses herself and murmurs constantly during takoff, landing, and any time you can feel the plane moving. Makes inane conversation (mostly complaining) with you even though you're wearing your headphones. Sits next to me.