Friday, June 09, 2006
Singapore Bound
Well nobody came forward with vacation suggestions, but we did find reasonably low priced airfare tickets, so it's off to Singapore this time around to celebrate my birthday and the anniversary of my proposing to Nian. The adventure begins July 16th, and ends July 23rd.In the: I'm-not-sure-this-is-worth-saving-$100 department, it took 3 days to confirm my ticket reservations with Vanguard Travel. I have an E-Ticket number and confirmation number, but when I go to United.com (the main carrier) I can't find any place to confirm these are real seats (evidently you have to book through United for them to confirm your tickets). At least with Orbitz.com I could double-check my itinerary constantly and was advised of any departure delays or changes. Now I have to just cross my fingers and pray there is a real seat waiting for me when I get to the airport.
I've been meaning to write some essays; it seems like I get the seed of reasonable idea while I'm out away from the computer, but then when I've got the keyboard in front of me, I've either forgotten the main thrust of the idea, or I'm unable to shape into something new, coherent, or interesting. One main theme I'd like to revisit though is the commoditification of ideas and the related impulse of governments to try and control information.
Given that I'd been having trouble coming up with something profound to write about, I decided to try my hand at a new Top Ten List. Today's topic: Top Ten Signs Your Relationship Is Headed For A Break-Up
I found I hadn't posted to Larry's Top Tens blog for about 9 months. Entering the Letterman Top Ten Contest had been something I did almost religiously for 3 or 4 years. Still no Late Show T-shirt to show for my troubles. Not all my Ten Lists have come from entering the Letterman Top Ten Contest, I think I may try to come up with a few new (non Letterman suggested) topics just to get the comedic juices flowing again. There are actually two Top Ten List blogs of mine: an old one I did the old fashion way with FTP and hand typed HTML, and the newer one I use Blogger.com to maintain. I really should consolidate them someday.
