I got back tonight from Denver. The bed in the hotel last night sucked, which was sort of surprising for a Marriott. Oh well. So after not getting a lot of sleep, I got up and had breakfast with Dany and Bruce before heading to our meeting.
There was an unfortunate miscommunication about where the meeting was, though, so the first thing we did was drive to a different building, 20 minutes away. Given that and the delay in realizing we were at the wrong place, we were about an hour late in starting the meeting. Oops.
Dany and I had to leave a few minutes early so we could get back to our flight on time. The United check-in area in the Denver Airport had a display case of items that were prohibited to carry on. The items included a knife, brass knuckles, a bullet, flares, and a 12V automotive battery. A car battery? Does that come up a lot?
On arriving back in San Jose, I took a cab back to Microsoft. Like the last time I was in a cab, this driver took the approach that it was best to avoid braking for slow traffic or stop lights until the last possible second. While I'm sure this got me to my destination faster, I personally think I'd rather get there 20 seconds later and not lose half an hour off my life from thinking that I was about to die several times on the drive. But maybe that's just me. I also don't think of carrying car batteries onto airplanes, so clearly I'm different.
At any rate ... it's good to be home.
Posted by Mike at October 8, 2002 09:44 PM