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Updating from 35,000 feet again, this time over the Great Lakes as I fly to Montreal for another work trip. I've been working on some lab documents and need a break. The in-flight movie is When In Rome, which isn't half bad I guess for a generic romantic comedy. Plus there's a lot of Rome scenes which I have a lot larger appriciation for since I met my fiance in Rome 2 years ago.
I also should be working on my Candian custom's form. Canada has by far the most humorless and hostile immigration officials I've met in my travels, though I'm not sure how much of that is because I'm always coming here on business instead of vacation.
One interesting thing about this trip though is that I checked in, went through security, and boarded the plane only using my cell phone. You can open up a web page with a square bar code and it's scanned like a paper boarding pass, but without the hassle of printing anything out. Unfortunately for my second leg the web page stopped working so I ended up having to get a print out anyways, and the scanners are kind of finicky on reading the bar code properly. Still a cool idea though, and it's nice to see we're catching up with the rest of the world in using cell phones for payments.
It's another busy week as I return on Wednesday and then drive up to Arkansas on Thursday for Kara's graduation. She's had all the credits for graduation for almost 2 years now, but took a detour with study abroads in Italy and New Zealand and then had to write an honors thesis which she finished up last week. I'm very proud of her, as she's graduating with a 4.0 in one of the top undergrad business programs in the country. I love that I'm marrying an even bigger nerd than I am!
Ok, my laptop battery is about dead so will have to wrap it up. Since I'm not staying in a $125+ hotel room it means Internet is free, so I can log in once I get to the hotel. Hooray for providing basic 21st century services complimentary!
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