After arriving last week, the first order of business was a fishing trip in Ilwaco, WA, at the mouth of the Columbia river. As Ricardo and I drove down we encountered schizophrenic weather. We’d have torrential rains for a short while, and then it would be clear and sunny 5 minutes later. The weather continued [...]
It’s been 3 years since I’ve flown out of Traverse City. Today, that aged memory was refreshed, and I once more remember, in vivid detail, why I so often choose to fly out of Grand Rapids instead. It’s really nothing against T.C., but rather because most flights out of T.C. connect in Chicago. Chicago often [...]
This evening our IP phone service went AWOL again. Apparently Packet 8 had a database issue where they lost a cluster of accounts. Ours was one of them so when we tried making a call, it didn’t work. Fortunately, we have three other phone lines in the house with which to call them.
They fixed [...]
After a phone call to Packet8 this morning, my old and new phone numbers now both work. Yay.
Well, my land line (775-0119) is currently in a state of disrepair. It works, I can call out just fine, but nobody can call me via it. If you dial that number, you’ll get a nice message stating that the number is not in service. Lovely.
So much for the promise of LNP (Local Number Portability) [...]
Once again proving that I just can’t sit still, I’ll be flying west quite soon. It’s a mixed trip, primarily business but there will be some quality time spent fishing on Ricardo’s boat.
August 24
UAL 6879 TVC 1:50 PM - ORD 1:59 PM
UAL 305 ORD 3:05 PM - SEA 5:25 PM
September 01
UAL 350 SEA [...]