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It's travel day, which always seems to have its share of fun. The Edmonton airport was way busier than usual at 5 a.m. We were told by a security/customs official that they arrived for work to discover 3 extra flights had been booked for early departure which meant a crush of people for which they were not prepared. But we got through the long lines without issue and made it on the plane with plenty of time to spare - only to sit on the tarmac for 35 minutes. So our recent record of delayed flights continued. The flight to Houston was uneventful save 5 minutes of nasty turbulence that shut down the beverage service (after we'd gotten our coffee, thank goodness) and another plane passing us going the other way. Which was cool to look at for the 8 seconds it lasted. And despite the fact I'm reading a book about physics (really!) I couldn't tell if it was a big plane far away or a little plane close up. Houston was nice - from the air. Lots more trees than I assumed t...

My lovely wife and I are off to Disney World for a week of rest and relaxation and an early celebration of our 21st wedding anniversary. My inlaws are watching the kids (Yes, we're going to Disney without the kids!) for the week. As you read this, we should be on our way to the airport. As is often the case when I travel, I blog the trip, so check back here regularly for updates (or follow my Twitte r during our travel days for much fun and excitement). That's assuming, of course, that we have wifi where we're staying. Today: Edmonton, to Houston to Orlando. Will tweet from the airports and update Facebook for sure. Next blog may be tonight or it may be tomorrow.

I was messing around with my iPhone tonight and found that the it takes pretty decent macro photos. Here's a shot of a flower in our bed spread. That's also done on full digital zoom. Here's the same shot with a quarter for reference on the size of the above flower. Nothing earth shattering, but it's nice to know that in a pinch, your iPhone can grab a good shot of something tiny, up close.

This is a test post from the free BlogBooster app. Normally, I remote blog with BlogPress, but ever since iOS 5, it's been broken. That message about a fix submitted to the App Store has been there for 3 weeks. Sure, it's a First World Problem, but I did pay $3 for the app. It would be nice if it worked. So, with a trip Stateside next week, I need a new blogging app. The official Blogger app isn't robust enough for my needs. But this little app seems to be doing the job so far. Hooray for me!

This is a test of the Emergency Blog Publishing System. No, actually, it's a test of some new feeding services that I'm trying to get my blog posts auto-published to Twitter and Facebook. So let's see how it works.

Last week on Survivor, Ozzy concocted this ridiculous plot to send himself to Redemption Island while handing over his immunity idol to ... oh, I don't know. I mean, it was explained, but I can't possibly believe this makes any sense, and I pretty much expect Ozzy to lose the duel, be out of the show in the first 10 minutes and have the remaining 50 minutes the other Survivors just sitting around with Jeff Probst, laughing and drinking beer and making fun of Ozzy as the dumbest Survivor player in the history of the world, and possibly several alien worlds and alternate dimensions. Well, I can always hope. So Ozzy went to Redemption and spun his web of lies to Christine, who hung on every word. And then Ozzy did a big theatrical production in front of both tribes at the duel while Jeff Probst stood there entirely stone faced while Ozzy ranted at Cochran. Jeff noted that today's duel results in the winner going back into the game and the loser going home. Ozzy smoked ...