May 2009 Archives

suspended_animation.jpgAs I'm packing for my upcoming trip to Africa, I'm thinking about the 2+ days I'll spend getting there. Not fun. Ironically, the actual "travel" part of traveling is the least enjoyable part of the experience.

I was joking with my wife that I might sneak up behind her this evening and hit her over the head, then drug her. When she came to, she'd be in Africa! But seriously, wouldn't that make a pretty awesome service? Someone else takes care of getting you and your bags to your final destination, and wakes you up so you're refreshed and ready to get out there and embrace the experience. As opposed to wandering around in a zombie-like state from both the exhaustion of travel and the jet lag.

Of course such a service would have to be 100% trustworthy. It would suck to wake up with no possessions or clothes in some slave camp in the middle of the jungle. Maybe I'll stick to the traditional means...
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Once you're about half way through a bag of chips, it's a pain to eat them. There's a foot or so of empty bag to navigate with your hand going in empty and coming out with chips. And the fact that the chips tend to be small, broken shards at the bottom doesn't help things much.

My simple solution: cut off the excess top of the bag. Easy access once again.