Back in Black and Khakis
I have returned home to Chattanooga. My flight was a red-eye out of Sacramento ("Sacto" to the locals) via Las Vegas (here's to the beacon of lustful something-or-another that is the Luxor, eh Andy?) to the capital of the South, Atlanta.
I cannot sleep on planes. As hard as I try, I might get in 30 minutes of bad, light sleep. Those chairs are uncomfortable. If I ever become a spy and get caught behind enemy lines, forget electric shock torture, just stick me in one of those plane seats for more than 4 hours and I'll fold like a baby.
It's odd, getting on a plain at midnight, flying for 3 1/2 hours then landing and having it be 7 in the morning with the sun rising. It's just not right.
Needless, my sleep schedule is wack. It's so wack I'm drinking coffee from the local Conoco to stay awake.
I would again like to commend to you Big Fish.
I'd also like to commend to you an article in the latest New Yorker on SUV's and "apparent safety."
I'd also like to commend to you Mesh.
And finally, I'd like to suggest that all y'all out there say those three little words.
Josiah Q. Roe | By Josiah Roe | 08:49 AM
Comments
Welcome back bro!
Posted by: ARoss at January 13, 2004 09:34 AM
Glad you had a safe trip Mr. Q. Say, now that its a new year and all, don't you think its time to update the look of your blog? Maybe a cartoony street prophet theme(wink,wink)?
Posted by: Patrick at January 13, 2004 10:08 AM
Conoco coffee. You're a brave man.
Posted by: ron at January 13, 2004 02:01 PM
I'll second that second commendment. I brought the "Big and Bad" article in to work for folks to read (a co-worker of mine is militant about this stuff), and it was read and heartily discussed by several of us. (Our secretary, the only SUV driver (who does, in fact, "drive them b/c they're safe!"), did not participate...)
I especially appreciated Gladwell's arguments for why "active safety" is more important than "passive safety" - and that it's more important than ever.
For those of you who don't have access to the full print article, there's a Q&A w/ the author on the NYer website that serves as something of a summary: http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/?040112on_onlineonly01.
Nice to see my Jetta/MINI-buying plans get some reinforcement...
Posted by: jess at January 13, 2004 06:15 PM
that FREAKED ME OUT!
Posted by: Jessie at January 15, 2004 08:46 AM
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