Odds and ends from the road

Greetings from O’Hare International, where the signs all through the concourse gave the false impression that the Wi-Fi in the airport is free.  It is not.  But it is Wi-Fi, so my addiction to broadband and e-mail has been temporarily satiated.
(Hey, you fancy engineers, when are you gonna have some Internet for me on the plane, ha?  I know that’s not too much to ask.  Maybe it’s too much to do, but certainly not too much to ask.)
Anyway, I’m here.  Headed to a good friend’s wedding–guaranteed to be an interesting affair–in Orange County.  It’s interesting because this is my second trip to the O.C. in the last three months.  When I lived in SoCal, I think I went to O.C. all of four times.  Maybe that many, and two of those trips involved taking my father to and picking him up from the airport.  Not sure what that means, but it is what it is.
Moving on…and I mean that in more ways than intended when I typed that.  This week was my last week at ESPN.com.  The show moves on, but with a little time off in between.  Gonna do some freelancing and the likes, then roll from there.  I’m sure you’ll weep when you see someone else’s name on Monday’s Jump.
Or, it’s more likely you’ll take it like BG did when I apprised him that Wednesday’s Jump was the last.  “Please don’t be offended if I don’t frame it and hang it in the cube,” he wrote.  Of course I won’t.  Really, classic work like that adorning the walls of a cube?  How uncivilized.
Food calls.  Take it easy.

11 Comments

  • Posted November 9, 2007 12:14 pm 0Likes
    by dewfish

    sorry to hear you and ESPN are parting ways. Now I have even less columns to read over there. I only check for a couple of writers there as it currently stands. Everything else there is severely lacking.

  • Posted November 9, 2007 12:58 pm 0Likes
    by Chrichelle

    I’m sad to see you leave ESPN…on to bigger and better things!!!

  • Posted November 9, 2007 8:20 pm 0Likes
    by Kirk

    I’m still going to be a loyal Page 2 reader, despite you leaving. There’s just no other place for me to get my 37-times weekly fix for Seattle Mariner/Uni Watch/Double Amputee Beach Volleyball Invitational columns.

  • Posted November 10, 2007 4:54 pm 0Likes
    by Rex

    ESPN’s loss. The world’s gain!

  • Posted November 11, 2007 9:58 pm 0Likes
    by jaedalaurez

    Don’t forget the regular Chester the Molester “She’s Almost 18, so We’ll be Able to Stop Feeling Guilty about Jerking Off to her Candids” countdowns of the latest Eastern European female tennis player, Kirk.

  • Posted November 12, 2007 1:30 pm 0Likes
    by Hawkins

    I’ll miss the ACC talks

  • Posted November 12, 2007 10:55 am 0Likes
    by Jarrett

    The monkeys running the circus can’t hold you down.

  • Posted November 12, 2007 6:11 pm 0Likes
    by tallguy

    Tis a shame you’re leaving page 2. Maybe you can do some ACC stuff with the N&O this year.

  • Posted November 13, 2007 5:05 pm 0Likes
    by Dave

    And the list of Page 2 writers I’ll take the time to read just got reduced by a third. Did you not write about the Red Sox enough?

  • Posted November 13, 2007 6:26 pm 0Likes
    by dameSTAtus

    Congrats on a great run there my dude.

  • Posted November 15, 2007 6:04 pm 0Likes
    by Jarrett

    You really should consider blogging about all the weddings you’ve hit up in 07. Between B-More and Cali, you’ve got too many tales.

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