I'm in the main concourse of the Minneapolis St Paul airport. I've been re-booked twice this morning, but I have picked up another $300 airline voucher, bringing my total to $600. A guy who's been on the same two flights as me actually left LaGuardia the day before yesterday; he's up to $900 now, and I'm not sure he remembers where he's supposed to be going this weekend. Maybe he'll end up back where he started in a day or two, with a couple grand. It'll be the financial equivalent of a really good trip to Vegas and the spiritual equivalent of Waiting for Godot.

They're giving an announcement about why my last flight was delayed. Apparently the cargo doors were frozen open. You know, the only unpleasant part of being stuck overnight in Minneapolis is that my jacket was not.

There's a cute guy sitting across from me. (It's a flight to Salt Lake, so of course there are several cute guys.) He's reading a book and looking smart-sexy. A cute guy in an airport reading a book looks smart-sexy. A cute guy in an airport clicking away on his powerbook just looks like a yuppie schmuck. So I'm going to stop looking like a yuppie schmuck, pull out the copy of Hendrick Hertzberg's collected essays I've been working on, and commence with the creating an illusion of intelligence that is my great talent in life.

see you in salt lake..............if you ever get here! - Meguy

Posted by  Anonymous @ 12:28 PM

 

If you really want to look smart and sexy, try reading "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon at an airport. Its an excellent book and worth reading anywhere! -
Barcelonian in UT

Posted by  Anonymous @ 4:20 PM

 

Its pretty cold in SLC too. - UT Weatherman who doesn't know which way the wind blows.

Posted by  Anonymous @ 3:31 PM

 

Do you know if Hendrick Hertzberg is related to Fredrick Hertzberg who used to teach at the U? - U alum

Posted by  Anonymous @ 8:45 AM

 

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