Finally

I am now an Uncle to a small baby boy. Beth and I are going to California next weekend (after valentine's) for a few days to visit the petit bijou. Took some doing to avoid flying from San Francisco to San Jose via seattle. A search on orbitz says the cheapest itinerary was Alaska SEA-PDX-SJC, returning United SJC-SBA-SFO-SEA. The only reason to do this is if you want the extra segments toward premier. It's worth $20 to get eight hours of your life back

Photos will arrive once I have them.

Spent the week in Allentown for a meeting at work. Lots of time spent drinking and eating. The nicest thing is the all day coffee pot. I passed through Ohare last night. There was a black bird in the B gates in terminal 1. And sailors, young, with fresh Great Lakes haircuts, on their way to Bremerton and the adventures that wait for them in the fleet.