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I’m going on a trip into my past this week. I fly out to Chicago today and return on Friday. This will be interesting, occasionally I’ll catch a whiff of something that reminds me of Chi-town, usually something damp, moldy or wet will trigger those scent based memories. If you’re trying to contact me I don’t have a reliable cellphone, so good luck. The battery won’t charge in it anymore, in addition to the fact that the Verizon network is shit in my neck of the woods makes me wonder why I’m even paying for the stupid thing.

When I get back from Chicago I’m switching to Cingular with a sexy 8525 methinks. With a little program called PdaNet and that I may be able to get rid of my Satellite internet connection too which would save me a ton of headaches with the latency and a buttload of money with the monthly bill.

So be aware if you’re trying to contact me for the last month or so the home phone is the most reliable way.

Please don’t crash, SWA flight to Chicagoland.

The rain is here. Finally, thank god (non-dogmatic generic god) for this. It still smells heavily of smoke and ash around here after three or four weeks of massive fire in my backyard. It turned out to be the 5th largest fire in CA’s history, over 160 thousand acres. My nose is stained with the smell of smoke, but the rains today helped to clean it up a bit. What a miserable month it was. September is always, always my worst month of the year, without fail. October and December are tied for my favorites/best months, I’m looking forward to having something good happen soon.

I was on call for the entire month of September, so the Adventure per month is going to be pretty weaksauce. I’m still working on putting it up. For now here are a couple of pictures from the fire to shut you up.

That’s part of my driveway and then my house. The big black cloud in the background is usually not there, just for your information.