*Yawn*

Well I made it back from Tucson. Meetings ended early so I bugged out yesterday afternoon about 2:45 PM, which got me to my house about 1:30 AM this morning. Late night and me have never gone together well.

My flight from Tucson to Denver was on one of those little regional aircraft. Only 2 seats on each side of the center-aisle, so you're guaranteed to sit next to someone. The guy that sat next to me smelled bad. His odor was this yucky admixture of stale cigarettes, funky man-smell, and cat. Yes, that's right, cat. The guy brought a cat on board and kept it in a box beneath his feet. Why that young guy was travelling with a cat I'll never know.

Based on a recommendation from my son, I read The Great Gatsby during my flights home. It was a short and easy read. I enjoyed it enough to make me wish I was in an 11th-grade English class so I could discuss it.

On an unrelated note... Montgomery County Executive Doug Duncan yesterday dropped out of Maryland's Democratic gubernatorial race because of clinical depression. Duncan was the front-runner over the other Democratic candidate - and Baltimore Mayor - Martin O'Malley. *Sigh* O'Malley won't win - he's too much of a regional phenomenon - which means Maryland will be stuck with 4 more years of I-love-big-business, I-hate-the-environment, We'll-Get-Slots-In-Maryland-If-It's-The-Last-Thing-I-Do Republican Robert Ehrlich.

Welcome home.
K-