This one has been around for a little while. But since I’m getting ready to re-order coins, it seemed like a good time to share. You can get free miles for spending cash. As the link will explain, the US Mint is shipping out…
For those that know me well, you’re aware of my goal to play in the main event of The World Series of Poker. I’ve had a number of excuses over the last few years of why I didn’t play (not having a spare $10,000…
I’m going to start a new part of my blog. As most of my regular followers know (all 3 of you), I’m a bit obsessive about earning points in various loyalty programs. American Airlines and Starwood are my two primary programs, with a ton…
I just got back from a marathon 8-day trip to Las Vegas and Chicago on business. My apologies for slacking on blog entries. I got my first chance to play poker in quite some time, and ended up with an interesting/amusing hand. I played…
Found a story on this in one of the fora I moderate on FlyerTalk: http://milehighatlanta.com/ I think it’s truly special that they let you keep the sheet.
Not sure how many people are still watching ER. My wife and I are behind on all of our TV watching, and on the way back from Italy, we finally got to watch the finale thanks to iTunes. My wife and I both used…
While I’ve got plenty more pictures to post upon our return, we’re headed to the airport shortly. As we leave Rome for the second time, I wish we could stay longer. Both times we’ve been to Rome, we’ve come away feeling like we were…
We drove late at night and ended up in the little town of Castrovilla, near the top of the Calabrian region. We woke up the next morning late, as Catherine stayed up partying until almost 5am. We set off for Pompeii, arriving around 4:30….
I still owe everyone an update on Day 5, but we had a really weird occurrence today. Driving through the town of Amalfi, there was a religious celebration going on, assumedly for Good Friday. About 100 small boys were proceeding from the church in…
Due to some horrible internet connections (and a total lack of internet connection at one hotel), I haven’t been able to post in a few days. Here’s a quick update: Day 3: We flew to Catania, which is located in the Southwestern part of…