William Reardon’s Blog

Dan & my travel agent duked it out today to figure out which one would have the honor of booking my stay while in London. It was like I was the fair maiden with two suitors vying for my affection. At last, I’m the prettiest girl in the class.

Anyway, Dan won. He basically just said “uh-huh” and “yeah” while the agent explained the reasons, but finished with “well, let me think about it”, which of course, quickly morphed into a no. I don’t actually care too much who won — I just wanted it settled. Something tells me that the lack of planning, 6 days out from departure, isn’t normal. Apparently, we’re no longer hitting Czech either, but will be visiting Vienna. Go figure.

Tomorrow I have to run around getting sunglasses & possibility boots from REI (trip #2), make copies of various important documents (passport, etc.), hit kinkos for extra copies of passport photos, and radio shack for a power adapter, and make a pass at packing to see what can fit & what can’t.

Wednesday night, I’m hoping to piece together a tentative agenda for Rome & London. Any recommendations/must-sees/favorites anyone would care to pass along?

Somehow the following link came up over a couple of beers on Friday, and one of my coworkers mentioned she had never heard of it. It’s fairly old (and has even been in Harper’s since), but, re-reading it now, it’s still pretty damn funny:

http://students.washington.edu/moyn/cyber.htm

God bless the Internet.

I’m listening/watching Wil Wheaton read from Just a Geek at the ‘04 Gnomedex. He’s started off with a tale about being in Old Town Pasadena, and made a slight digression to tell about on his most recent trip he saw two homeless guys arguing over a cover. The first was pissed at the second because he thought the second would get more money with his wheelchair than he would with his dog.

Funny — I know exactly which two guys he’s talking about.