As Far As You Know

Well, I finally made it out of Hartford this morning. The NWA plane was packed for my 6:05 flight: no room in the overhead compartments and lots of carry-on had to be checked. There was a bit of delay for de-icing at Bradley and then when we arrived in Detroit, a jetway wheel was frozen so it took about an extra thirty minutes to deplane, as we had to move to another gate. No worries here, as I have a layover of a couple of hours before heading off to Nashville.

The Northwest terminal here at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is attractive, spacious, and efficient. There is a tram the runs the length of the terminal on the upper level for rapid transfer between gates.

Dan Fogelberg passed away yesterday morning from prostate cancer. "Leader Of The Band" is a touching song he wrote about his father.

The big news this morning is that quasi-Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman has endorsed his friend, Republican Senator John McCain, for president. Maybe this will give a much-needed boost to the Arizonan's floundering prospects in Iowa and New Hampshire? Though I regard Lieberman as a lost cause politically at this point, I am always intrigued by cross-party alliances like this one. The breakfast Barack Obama and Mike Bloomberg had a few weeks back gave rise to speculation of the very interesting possibility of a Obama/Bloomberg ticket.

This is the first trip via air I have taken without my Bose noise-canceling headphones since I picked them up on my way to Bermuda a couple of years ago. In my rush to get out the door Sunday morning, they did not end up in my bag. I used EarThumps--which I usually use in conjunction with my iPod--to watch my portable DVD player instead on yesterday's flights, and didn't really notice the absence of the QC2s. Today, however, on the segment from Nashville back to Detroit, I was more aware of the rumble of the jet, perhaps because I was seated further back in the plane. I'll be sure to pack the Bose headphones for my flight to Las Vegas on the 26th.

I finished the first season of Friday Night Lights on DVD last night (I know, A.K., it took me long enough!). I've got the first half-dozen episodes with me on my MacBook (transferred from my DVR) and have begun catching up with the folks of Dillon, Texas nearly one year later.