Friday, September 26. 2008

Oktobahfest Posted by Michael Harrison in Musings - Michael at 22:33

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Oktobahfest

I was in the general area so I stopped by the St. Charles Oktober Fest.

As a customer recently put it. "It didn't suck."

Unfortunately there wasn't much German music and less dancing.

I'll have to get my dancing fix tomorrow night though as the tent was full of "sitters."

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Sunday, September 14. 2008

Something positive Posted by Michael Harrison in Musings - Michael at 10:08

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Something positive

Now that I've posted about something annoying, here's something pleasant. Phoenix Sky Harbor airport has free wifi now. I'm sure it didn't the last time I was here.

Thanks guys.

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Sunday, September 14. 2008

TSA, some consistency in training please Posted by Michael Harrison in Musings - Michael at 10:05

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TSA, some consistency in training please

Leaving from DF/W I had my usual bag of tricks. Clothing bag with all my wearables , toothpaste, deodorant, etc. My work bag with my laptop, cables, etc that I always need on-site with a customer.

Security didn't bat an eye and I sailed right through the checkpoint into the terminal.

Leaving Phoenix several days later, things were different.

The man watching the x-ray machine saw one of my bags and called out for a baggage check. What's stupid is they didn't wonder about the Quadro 5600G that I had in my main luggage this time. No, they wanted a check on my work bag which had no more or less than the plethora of cables and gadgets that I took through DF/W screening. After doing a hand search they ran the bag back through the x-ray which still didn't show anything dangerous.

Slow Sunday? Or a lack of consistent training?

Either way, it's annoying.

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Saturday, September 13. 2008

Area of refuge Posted by Michael Harrison in Musings - Michael at 21:33

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Area of refuge

All you handicapped people take note. Your area of refuge is coming up.

By all means, leave the nice cool air conditioning and roll yourselves

out into the hot Arizona sun.

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Saturday, September 13. 2008

Ceili dancing in Phoenix Posted by Michael Harrison in Irish Dance at 21:22

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Ceili dancing in Phoenix

I had a good time in Phoenix on Friday night.

Finally, I was in town on a night when there would be a ceili at the Irish Cultural Center.

The people were friendly, the music was good and there was a good solid two hours of fior ceili. Just wish Susan had been here with me.

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Saturday, September 13. 2008

Seamus McCaffrey Irish Pub Posted by Michael Harrison at 20:33

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Seamus McCaffrey Irish Pub

I had some time in Phoenix so dropped in to see what the local pub was like and to get an early dinner.

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Saturday, September 13. 2008

Why aren't you home, running with me? Posted by Michael Harrison in Musings - Michael at 08:33

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Why aren't you home, running with me?

Wish I were, little friend.

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Tuesday, September 9. 2008

Take me for a walk, now. Posted by Michael Harrison in Musings - Michael at 06:53

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Take me for a walk, now.

The boy loves to be outside and so far is a great influence for getting up and running at 6-o-f**k in the morning. With work and such keeping me busy I haven't been getting up at 4am in quite some time and it's hard to get out of bed these days.

Having a little dog that wants to run as soon as we leave the house helps.

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Sunday, September 7. 2008

Lochrann's Sep 7, 2008 Posted by Michael Harrison in Irish Dance at 18:46

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Lochrann's Sep 7, 2008

Alright, I've procrastinated long enough. Here are the pictures from the last Lochrann's gathering.

We got kicked outside due to a stupid football game but the weather was on the cool side, we were in the shade and we ended up with more room than normal so it was a win-win situation.