Month: April 2003

My folks are came to town to see La Traviata, and said it was wonderful, especially
Renee Fleming. I guess I better go see it, which means Friday or Sunday, since those are the last shows. It also means that they are sleeping in my bed, and
since Joe Rawley is in my guest room until he gets married in December, I get the sleeper sofa. On the plus side, I did have a wonderful meal at The Palm with them and my brother tonight. Mmmm, steak.

I got a ticket for allegedly running a red light back in September (it was broken, but what can you do). I took defensive driving a while ago, but forgot to
send off for my driving record. All the paperwork is due in court tomorrow, so that meant going to Austin to pick up the record in person.

So, after sleeping for about 3.5 hours in Huntsville Sunday, driving Ed to the airport at 5:30am, taking a 45 minute nap on the side of the road between
Huntsville and Birmingham, sleeping for an hour on the flight back to Houston, and taking a 1.5 hour nap once I got home, I drove to Austin. Got into town just
in time to sing with the St. David’s Compline Choir for their 9pm service: plainsong, sarum,
Gregorian chant…I love singing that stuff. Then went over to the Behemolith and ate chicken wings with JP and
George, talked with John and Holly, and looked at the heavens through George’s mondo telescope. Was up til 1 talking, then stayed up another hour entering blog
items (see below).

Got up at 8, breakfasted with JP at the Omelettry, which I am afraid I can no
longer recommend (higher prices, had to ask for real cream instead of the CoffeeMate on the table, only one refill on coffee, which also had to be requested).
Stopped by the Texas Heart Hospital and visited with Lee Chilton, one of my freshman advisers, who is now a cardiologist and daddy, but still a committed cyclist
(he once rode Beer-Bike with a broken foot). Lunched with Mark Mellon-Werch on the UT campus, where we ran into PJ Abrams, an old MOB SA buddy.

Stopped by JJ Baskin’s office at SEDL to deliver a baby present only 9 months late and visited with him for a bit before
driving back home.

For those of you whom I missed this trip, I apologize. I’ll catch ya next time. I am now tired. I think I shall sleep.

Monday 19 May 03
BA 2024 departs Houston Bush 4:05pm arrives London Gatwick 7:10am +1 day
Thursday 22 May 03
BA 700 departs London Heathrow 10:50am arrives Vienna 2:10pm
(to Budapest???)
Monday 26 May 03
BA 697 departs Vienna 11:40am arrives London Heathrow 1:05pm
Tuesday 27 May 03
BA 2025 departs London Gatwick 10:00am arrives Houston Bush 2:05pm

Anyone care to volunteer for airport run on the 19th or 27th?

While driving to Austin this evening, just as I was about to cross the Brazos River, I notice some people standing on the railroad tracks. Just some punk kids,
I though at first. But as I got closer, I realized they really were three Punk kids, all dressed in leather: one with a spiked red mohawk, one with an orange
one, and one with a blue one. They just seemed to be standing there talking. What they were doing out in the middle of nowhere like that, I have no clue, nor
how they got there. But not what I expected to see if a fairly rural setting like that old railroad trestle.