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It was great seeing Phil standing atop one of the Marina City towers in Chicago. They did some very nice drunken helicopter cameraman shots of the city and really made the place look great. The teams came in on the yellow Seadog boats that are available for rides at Navy Pier. The were let off by Buckingham Fountain where Phil officially started the race. It was also very intersting to see how the teams first interacted with each other on the 40-50 minute trip on the Blue Line to O'Hare. I don't think we've ever seen aliances being built before the teams got to the first airport.

I'm very happy the show is on the air again!

So Carol calls me from work to have me make her airline reservations to Las Vegas. I guess the company decided that since we were going out there earlier and I had already made my reservations, that Carol could do her's and she'd get reimbursed.

So, I go back to Ted and book the same flights as I did yesterday. In fact, I even get her the seat next to me on both flights.

Yesterday, my airfare was $193.20. Today her airfare was $178.20. $15 cheaper. (I wish mine was the cheaper one since she's the one getting reimbursed!)

194 comment spams from 64.141.68.16 that are slow enough to get around MT's built-in throttle is just plain EVIL.

You're EVIL, ya bastard. You and your like. Go away and do not darken my door again, Mr 64.141.68.16. You and your random quotes with links to a home equity loan site...

May you die a horrible death and rot in hell, every single one of you comment spammers...

Wow...

... nothing can wake you up like the smell of a snootful of air downwind of a sewage treatment plant as you pull into your parking lot, ready for work.

I feel ill...