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Thursday, August 25, 2011

ugh

Was that REALLY the fire alarm that went off at 12:30am???  (sigh) Sadly, yes.  

Going to be a long day today.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

what NOT to do on an airplane

Thanks to USA Today for this story...not good for Jetblue either.

The teen accused of being drunk and urinating on an 11-year-girl on a JetBlue flight may lose his dream of competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia as a result of the incident.

The teen -- 18-year-old Robert "Sandy" Vietze, of Warren, Vt. -- was on the Wednesday flight because he was returning to Vermont from an Oregon training camp with the U.S. Ski Team.

He is reported to have admitted to police that he had consumed eight alcoholic drinks before boarding the redeye flight from Portland, Ore., to New York JFK. During that flight, he is accused of stumbling toward the back of the plane and -- not realizing he hadn't made it the whole way to the lavatory -- urinating on a sleeping girl.

Now, it appears his behavior on the redeye flight has resulted in his dismissal from the U.S. Ski Team's development squad.

"Based on the information we have, Sandy Vietze is in violation of the USSA code of conduct and team agreement, and has been dismissed from the team," U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) Executive Vice President of Athletics Luke Bodensteiner says in an email sent to The Associated Press on Friday.

With that, the New York Post writes Vietze "may have blown his chance to compete in the 2014 Winter Games in Russia."

Vietze had been nominated to the Olympic development team earlier this year based on his performance as an alpine skier at the prestigious Green Mountain Valley School. AP says tuition at the highly-rated Vermont ski academy and high school "runs as much as $42,384 per year."

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Back, but...

Yesterday was not a great day.

1. Had wrong book for class.
2. Got a parking ticket.
3. Jet-lagged and tired.
4. When I turned my MacBook on, it started to smell like burning.

Here's hoping today is better.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Storm!

Its pouring right now in Indy as I wait for my plane to depart.

I miss the rain.


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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Time for food

Here we sit at the Rock Bottom as we eat our respective foods. Tick gets Breakfast 2am burger, Karl gets Bourbonzola burger, and I get regular cheeseburger. And Mac and cheese. :). Oh and Tick topped off his burger with a fine milk stout. Yes, that's beer being consumed at 12:15pm.

What a way to start our Saturday.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

off and running

Our road trip is off and running! Or, more like driving. We've successfully traversed the corn and wheat fields of upper Indiana and made it in one piece to Indianapolis. I'm happy to report that no traffic was experienced this year between Milwaukee, Chicago, and Indy - and we actually were able to find a parking spot once we got in. Our revised timing plan for this year worked wonders, and most likely will be adopted for next year as well.

Here's a pic of the guys as we stopped to get some food - it was time, after three hours of being on the road...