Here it is Saturday afternoon and I am on a United Airlines plane bound for Calgary, Alberta. I lucked out and got an empty seat next to me, so I can stretch out and have a wee bit of privacy.

The weekend was spent packing mostly, or involved with otherwise mundane activities, but on Saturday my brother came out for our informal movie night, and we watched the latest Alien vs. Predator (not bad for its genre) and one called He Was A Quiet Man with Christian Slater, which was surprisingly good. The main character reminded me of the guy from Office Space whose desk was constantly moved, eventually down to the basement, and who had his red Swingline stapler stolen. Only instead of burning the office building down, he brought a gun with him everyday to work and imagined blowing the building up. Anyway, it was an interesting exploration into the ability of people to change and I would recommend it.  Also, the special features include alternate endings!

And now here I am, with two hours to go on this flight, a charge of 66% on the laptop, a Layers magazine, two sci-fi books, and some ice water.

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Wrote that first bit on the plane.  Now I’m tucked into the hotel, and deciding what to do with the rest of the night.  I took a few pictures with my berry, which have been posted over at Flickr.  Here’s a few highlights…

The smoking ban in Calgary is apparently more stringent than Chicago’s. One of the few smoking areas outside the airport was covered with signs, and accompanying “graffiti”, like this one:

Interesting, since I work for said industry.   There are a bunch more in the Flickr set.

Also, here’s my room at the Westin:

Again, more pics in the Flickr set.

Alrighty, now I am off to figure out what to do with my free evening.  Love to all.

P.S.  Radiantreader - got your message, meant to call back, got busy, etc.   Let’s hang out when I get back ok?