I made it back from New Orleans with all my luggage, loot and plunder intact (if not my nerves).
It all started very early. I left for the N. O. airport around 6:00 this morning and got in my door around 8 this evening (9:00 N. O. time). The first leg of the trip, to Denver, was fine, but I had a 4 hour wait there. Then the damn airplane (“Untied Airlines”) broke, but we know the REAL reason:
Had to wait an extra hour and half, or so, which really cut into the time I had in Calgary to get through customs and get onto the flight to Lethbridge. As it worked out, I didn’t have any time to eat in Calgary, but I did make my plane back home. Of course, the Denver-Calgary flight passed right over Lethbridge, and I could make out my street. That was just about the time I was really worrying about missing my connecting flight. So near and yet so far!
Tom and Sharon Robinson met me at the airport and drove me home. And what did I find when I stepped in the door? Three cats happy as can be to see me?
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Well, the house is still standing, but the little beggars knocked over their giant can of Kittie Treats, spilling a gallon of dry cat food on the floor (according to Sharon, this was nearly a daily occurrence). They also tipped over my document shredder. I must remember to empty its basket after every use. Shredded paper all over my office.
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Other that that, all is will. I had a great time at the conference. Met some good people like Roland Boer and Jim West, drank my fair share of Abita, at a lot of nice fish in a lot of nice restaurants, heard some good jazz, and found a great record store that now has a lot of my money. And I got myself on the steering committee of the Isrealite Prophetic Literature section.
As Hector Avalos predicted, there were a number of different perspectives at the secular biblical scholarship meeting, but I think a productive way forward can be found. I also met a lot of people who were interested but couldn’t make the meeting. Thanks to Hector for chairing it.
Looking forward to Atlanta!
More later.
November 24, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Welcome home! Glad you made it safely. I always figure if they want to change planes to one that’s safer, who am I to complain?? Glad you made it… and yes, I *do* wish they could do a short stop in Lethbridge on the way up from Denver! Glad to have you back.
November 25, 2009 at 6:45 am
you should have asked for a parachute – you could have avoided Calgary all together! LOL
November 25, 2009 at 10:51 am
I felt like yelling “HEY, The wing just fell off, we better land!
November 25, 2009 at 10:52 am
They didn’t change planes. They fixed the one they had. I didn’t notice any duct-tape anywhere, so it must have been on the other side.
November 25, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Landing with one wing is usually refered as a ‘high velocity termination of flight mode’ in engineering terms. Amazing work they can do with invisible Scitch tape theese days.
November 25, 2009 at 5:38 pm
haha, I just assumed that losing a wing would mean you’d be flying in circles until you ran of out fuel. ;oP
November 25, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Aw, stop pickin’ on me!