10:39 AM 4/21/2007

Sitting in Philadelphia airport without wifi. Since I don't spend much time here, I don't feel like finding out what I would have to do. In Baltimore it seemed to be free, but I didn't feel like turning my computer on.

I have an entire hour to return to the same gate. I went looking for espresso, and I didn't see any. I'm probably better off without it.

I'm trusting Tucker to bring in my mail for the next few days. I don't know if it's a good idea. I considered asking someone else. This way was definately simpler. Tucker and John stop at home briefly between drinking bouts. Today they arrived home at 4:15am or thereabouts. My alarm was set for 5:15. I heard them thumping around and I didn't want to fall entirely back to sleep. So far my scheduling has worked out well. I was anxious about the 96 bus to Union Station. It seemed like the weakest link - on the other hand, I could have grabbed a cab if I thought the bus was running late. And, that bus turns around to go back downtown just up the street from me, so I saw it heading to the turnaround.

It's a sunny day at least, good for flying. And the bright morning light and clear skies really makes the ghetto look nice on my bus ride. At Union Station I looked at the Amtrak ticket kiosks and one of them sat there saying "Internet Explorer has caused an exception error and mus be shut down." I talked to a real human being instead. Time meshed better than I expected - maybe the bus didn't get me there as soon as the schedule promised.

The short $16 train ride reminded me that I should have begged someone to give me a ride. We are still suffering from a world where people are scattered inconveniently. I try to combat this tendancy by living in a city, but it hardly matters. The airport experience is well known, even if it seems new to me - It's not really new at all, though - there's nothing fresh about it.

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