Apparently I’m not over my jet lag just yet, as it’s 5:30am and I can’t get back to sleep. I’ve been up for about an hour now. Oh well.
Tag: usa
Arrived yesterday
So, Andrew and I arrive in Santa Clara from Canberra yesterday. It took about 24 hours of travelling, and a lot of queueing to make that happen, but we’re here finally. I must admit I’m really liking things so far, I was a bit worried about the expense of rent until we went and saw…
Packing
It’s time for Catherine and I to start thinking of packing for the move, and as ever it’s a barrel of laughs. We’ve made the decision that there is a bunch of stuff which we’re not going to bother to take with us… Mainly things like reference books which I haven’t used in years, but…
All airline tickets now booked…
Not that it was such a pain that I now feel I’ve really achieved something or anything.
So, how am I getting to the US?
Well, I just booked my flights to the US… The flight there is on 18 November 2005, and goes from Canberra, to Sydney, to Los Angeles, to San Francisco with Qantas. At least I get club access along the way.
What are we doing with the pets?
We own a dog and a cat. We’ve had the cat, Taffy, for a long time and he’s quite old now. The dog, Spike, on the other hand hasn’t been with us for very long. So, when we move to the US, what are we going to do with the pets? Well, the cat is…
Winchester Mystery House
When Andrew and I were in San Francisco recently we ran out of time to see the Winchester Mystery House, a mansion built by the widow of the dude who invested the Winchester rifle. She was convinced that the ghosts of Indians killed by Winchester rifles were haunting her, and modified the mansion to confuse…
I like screen oopsies
I’ve already posted this image today, but it was buried in a bunch of other stuff. Check it out: Funny. Especially given United’s terrible check in service.
Where did SUVs come from?
I’ve always wondered where the SUV proliferation in the US came from. This article assures me that it’s because the US federal government tried to make cars more fuel efficient. Interesting, if it’s correct. Nick Hac. [icbm: work]
Andrew is a loony
He hasn’t slept in something like 48 hours now. He’s a loony. On of the funnier parts of the trip over was listening to the Channel 9 “from the flight deck”. Before they could take of the United plane insisted on burning off 1,000 pounds of fuel. How long did it take? 5 minutes of…