I’m sitting at Heathrow waiting for my flight. It’s been an interesting few days in England and I’ve had a really good time. The conference was really interesting for the odd dichotomy that it was - an exploartion of web 2.0 by people firmly entrenched in a 1.0 world.
I find London to be quite nice. [...]

A friend of mine is currently serving in Baghdad and over the last couple of weeks has been sending out some really interesting notes about life in war-torn Iraq.  Given that she is also a woman, and has to deal with the unique weirdness that can create in a Muslim nation (and, frankly, in a [...]

I’ve been hanging out on the Redneck Riviera this week - lovin’ the beach.
One of the benefits of the day job is I get to travel to different states and update our state associations on the latest happenings in Washington.  I find it refreshing to get out of DC as often as humanly possible to [...]

A couple of weeks ago I received a message from the owner of this MySpace page asking me to join her crusade against US Air.  While I was impressed by her initiative, and understood her feelings, it had been almost a year since my last horrible US Air experience.  I had forgotten how bad they are, [...]

After spending 25 hours of my life trying to get home, I got a particular kick out of my friend Melissa’s suggestions for air travel safety.  I’m not sure that I would ever fly if I had to wear a surgical gown and get a full cavity search, but her suggestions deserve consideration.