Twitter for Week of 13 July 2008
These are my lightly-edited tweets for the week of 13 July 2008. Follow my microblog at http://twitter.com/conrad_halling.
I spent the week in St. Louis with many colleagues for five days of training. The training was excellent, but I got absolutely no exercise, and I ate way too much food.
- 2007-07-13: I flew Boston to St. Louis via Chicago today, with 2.5-hour layover. I couldn’t get an IP address from the free public wi-fi at O’Hare airport. [The “official” wi-fi, with SSID “concourse”—heavily plugged over the public announcement system—cost $7. I decided it was not worth it.]
- 2008-07-14: I pigged out today on three large St. Louis-style meals. The O’Fallon Wheat on tap was delicious. Tomorrow I need to get some exercise. [St. Louis is home to many fine breweries besides Anheuser-Busch, the maker of Budweiser and other industrial beers. AB is being purchased by InBev, the European owner of Stella Artois and other brewers.]
- 2008-07-15: I will sleep safely tonight, because Senator John McCain and the Secret Service are staying at my St. Louis hotel tonight. [Senator McCain attended a fund-raiser where the price for dinner was up to $57,000 per couple. St. Louis County is home to an extraordinary number of wealthy Republicans (whereas the city is heavily Democratic). Afterwards, Senator McCain enjoyed a concrete at Ted Drewes; maybe he didn’t get enough to eat at dinner.]
- 2008-07-17: I continue to eat St. Louis-size portions at meals. I’m getting 300 extra calories a day, which is perfect for a pregnant woman, but not me. [Restaurant meals are larger than they should be, especially when you can’t take home the leftovers.]
- 2008-07-18: Last training day in St. Louis. Last night we had a delicious dinner outside at Atlas, a restaurant near Forest Park on Pershing. [When we lived in St. Louis, my wife and I owned a condo on Pershing, but Atlas hadn’t arrived in the neighborhood before we moved.]
- 2008-07-18: My first attempt at printing boarding passes on the hotel’s printer was blanks where the bar codes should be; had to install special driver. [The printing service at the hotel was a nice feature, but it wasn’t easy to use, and it makes me uneasy when I have to install special software.]
- 2008-07-19: Last night in St. Louis, I took two colleagues to dinner at Favazza’s and then to dessert at Ted Drewes. We happily ate too much. [Favazza’s is a favorite of my running friends in St. Louis, and Ted Drewes is a favorite of everyone.]
- 2008-07-19: ISMB 2008 has begun this weekend. I can’t go this year, but colleagues are going and will report.
July 20 2008 07:57 am | Microblog
