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1M Miles
I just hit 1M miles on an airline. The flight I’m on is 4800 miles, let’s call it 5K miles. So 1M miles is 200 of these flights. This flight is 11 hours, so that’s over 2200 hours. That’s over 91 entire days flying, and that’
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Happy New Year!
Hello 2024. Kind of looking forward to this year for many reasons.
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Tips and Tipping Culture
In America tips are expected, but what am I tipping for? Better service is the reflex answer. I just came back from some time in Lisbon, Portugal. In the coffee shops there, a tip isn’t expected. The service isn’t worse, in fact it is demonstrably better. When you
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Going Downtown
Some companies like Amazon are ordering workers back in to the office. My employer is not (yet), but I did visit our downtown Seattle office last week. The presence of people sleeping on the streets and under the influence of drugs can’t be missed. Both entering the office from
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Random Musings
Random Musings
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Yoga
I love working out. It’s a habit I have had ever since I left secondary school (that’s high school for you Americans). One thing that I realized is I have lost a lot of flexibility over the years. I really noticed it when trying surfing and e-foiling where
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Maui
First non stay-cation in a long time. Took a week off to go to Maui. There was some additional bureaucracy in order to get here, but it’s worth it for the safety of all concerned. There have been some arrests recently as travelers have faked vax records to come
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Fall
After the hottest summer on record it feels like Fall is arriving. The temperatures have dropped noticably in the Seattle area even though the weather is still sunny and beautiful. I took my first business trip last week in 18 months. I visited Detroit for the first time. I was
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The Olympics
I’m not a sports fan or spend any time following athletes or teams. However, this years Olympics have been cathartic. There are many moments that are special and remind us what’s amazing about the human race at at time when the world is going to hell in a