| 00:03.28 | boutcher | I wasn't feeling totally myself until this morning... |
| 15:40.05 | rbergeron_ | well, that whole sitting on the runway for 2 hours trying to leave philly didn't do me much good |
| 15:40.16 | rbergeron_ | that was after waiting to get on th eplane too |
| 15:40.47 | rbergeron_ | i didn't get home till like 3am |
| 15:41.00 | rbergeron_ | so i pretty much _feel_ hungover |
| 15:42.23 | boutcher | without as much of the preceding fun |
| 15:43.26 | jwl_rh | (or merely an airline's definition of 'fun', I suppose :) |
| 15:45.09 | rbergeron_ | pilots and captains have issues, let me tell you. |
| 15:45.43 | rbergeron_ | "well folks! now that we've got our gas we could almost be on our way... except that all the people who were in front of us for gas are now in front of us for takeoff!" |
| 15:45.59 | rbergeron_ | "unfortunately we still can't serve you drinks but we can tell you again that we will be taking off in about 15 minutes." |
| 15:46.19 | boutcher | could have been worse...you were kid-free I assume |
| 15:46.32 | jwl_rh | istr there was a regulation prohibiting refueling when passengers are aboard; they've changed that? |
| 15:48.04 | rbergeron_ | apparently |
| 15:48.56 | rbergeron_ | also, the regulation prohibiting DUMB DECISIONS like letting passengers who could be, say, sitting at a bar, instead of sitting on a plane waiting for fuel that the airline is well aware that they (a) need and (b) will be waiting in line for... was also lifted. |
| 15:49.12 | jwl_rh | part of the 'down with safety, up with inconvenience' operations philosophy, then :/ |
| 15:55.58 | rbergeron_ | um, yes, i believe that is it. |
| 15:58.01 | jwl_rh | I used to enjoy flying; now I enjoy driving whenever possible :) |
| 15:58.22 | rbergeron_ | Yes, it was a bit far for me. |
| 15:58.28 | rbergeron_ | I'd probably still be driving :) |
| 16:03.31 | jwl_rh | indeed, thus the 'whenever possible' ;) |
| 16:03.35 | jwl_rh | http://podiobooks.com/title/space-casey |
| 16:03.49 | jwl_rh | ^ that's the bit I was thrilled to listen to during the drive. |
| 16:04.29 | jwl_rh | *lots* of fun, and about 3 hours total (excluding the "bonus" podcasts with 'making-of' and 'blooper' bits) |
| 16:05.43 | jwl_rh | (and there were times I almost had to pull over, I was laughing so hard) |
| 16:09.57 | rbergeron_ | hah |
| 16:10.01 | rbergeron_ | I arrived home |
| 16:10.03 | rbergeron_ | well, in Phoenix |
| 16:10.07 | rbergeron_ | then drove to Flagstaff |
| 16:10.22 | rbergeron_ | and then, opened my mailbox to the "school supplies and welcome to first grade" snail mail. |
| 16:10.37 | rbergeron_ | and then ... OH MY GOD, school starts in 2 weeks and 3 days?!?!?!?!?! |
| 16:11.05 | rbergeron_ | And then... and I just left Phoenix, where they actually have items that I should have gotten in preparation for this event. |
| 16:11.35 | rbergeron_ | I still need to call my hotel to see if they have my umbrella and cellphone charger. |
| 16:14.37 | jwl_rh | ouch... hopefully the podiobooks link can make the next drive a bit more fun, at least. |
| 16:17.03 | rbergeron_ | Audiobooks don't go over very well in my car... I think it has to do with the 3 and 5 year olds. |
| 16:17.26 | rbergeron_ | I think the one thing I really, truly learned to enjoy after having kids is private car time. |
| 16:17.55 | rbergeron_ | Turning up the radio and listening to the most absolutely offensive music from my high school years, driving fast, singing out loud... |
| 16:18.34 | rbergeron_ | At least I have gotten my kids to like things so that I am not forced to handle Kidz Bop or Hannah Montana or High School Musical or anything else torturous |
| 16:19.14 | jwl_rh | yeah, I've not vetted the book (really done more as a play) for kid-friendliness at all. Something tells me that the bits with amorphous-blob aliens looking for sex just wouldn't land in the kid-friendly category :) |
| 16:20.17 | rbergeron_ | hah |
| 16:20.53 | rbergeron_ | I'm not _that_ anal about the content (unless it's just downright bad, but they usually aren't paying much attention) - I just have low tolerance for hearing "THIS IS SOOOO BORING" "WHEN IS IT OUR TURN" |
| 16:21.03 | rbergeron_ | although, my daughter just discovered my old iPod |
| 16:21.14 | rbergeron_ | and I left it loaded for her, and she is in Beatles heaven. |
| 16:21.19 | jwl_rh | the individual episodes are about 20 minutes each, intended for iPod listening on a weekly basis. |
| 16:21.22 | jwl_rh | hah! |
| 16:21.24 | jwl_rh | good taste |
| 16:22.06 | rbergeron_ | lots of their stuff is pretty kid friendly |
| 16:22.08 | rbergeron_ | repeatable |
| 16:22.11 | rbergeron_ | you can learn the words |
| 16:22.20 | rbergeron_ | although i hear interesting variations every once in a while |
| 16:23.50 | jwl_rh | and the bits that aren't thematically friendly take some growing up to learn why not... |
| 16:23.56 | rbergeron_ | notes that she needs to harass steve about that pesky reimbursement |
| 16:24.18 | jwl_rh | the variation I always liked as a kid was to sing 'Lucy in the Sky with Linus' :) |
| 16:24.33 | jwl_rh | "the Peanuts Version" |
| 16:24.47 | rbergeron_ | hah |
| 16:24.49 | jwl_rh | (no, they never did it, but I enjoyed making it up) |
| 16:25.00 | rbergeron_ | I love when they have the artists doing songs on sesame street |
| 16:25.14 | rbergeron_ | with variations |
| 16:25.53 | rbergeron_ | I saw they had Feist this year doing 1,2,3,4 (the annoying ipod commercial song), with a bunch of puppets |
| 16:26.02 | jwl_rh | hopefully nothing awful. ("Janie's got Some Gum" just sprang into my head; ouch.) |
| 16:26.07 | rbergeron_ | for that matter, most of the celebrity guests are generally awesome. |
| 16:26.49 | rbergeron_ | REM doing furry happy monsters |
| 16:26.51 | jwl_rh | Many of 'em grew up with Sesame St., and like being able to appear, from what I recall hearing. |
| 16:26.58 | jwl_rh | hah! that sounds like fun. |
| 16:28.33 | jwl_rh | oddly enough, I never really liked the show as a kid -- but did like some bits (cookie monster, rubber ducky song, etc) |
| 16:29.22 | rbergeron_ | the older episodes from the 70's and 80's always had good guests, too. |
| 16:29.47 | rbergeron_ | http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Norah_Jones |
| 16:29.57 | rbergeron_ | err, http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Sesame_Street_Guest_Stars |
| 16:30.10 | rbergeron_ | If you click on them, you can see what they did, some of them were just hiiiilarious. |
| 16:30.31 | jwl_rh | the other interesting bit is that kids don't (always) recognize the celebrities, it's just somebody new. |
| 16:30.52 | rbergeron_ | yeah. |
| 16:31.55 | rbergeron_ | although, sometimes they are vomitously bad |
| 16:32.21 | rbergeron_ | Kofi Annan barely being able to sing with a bunch of furry monsters who are talking about how the world is so great and can't we all get along... just bad. |
| 16:33.26 | rbergeron_ | Well, I'm off to home depot to see about some "home improvements!" |
| 16:33.35 | rbergeron_ | hopefully i can find one of my coupons :D |
| 16:35.25 | jwl_rh | also heads afk after boggling over that list.... BB King, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Barbara Walters, etc., etc. Quite the variety! |
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