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Greetings from Huntsville

Greetings from Huntsville, AL, the land of rockets and lost baggage!  Yes, really … Delta lost my bag for the second consecutive time.  As I sit here, it’s 9:33pm and I’ve been given a delivery window of “8:30pm - 8:30am April 7″.  Thank goodness I carry a tiny bottle of saline with me so I [...]

Thank You, Delta

I’m taking back everything bad I said about Delta Airlines last spring — well, how about half of it?
I was in Huntsville, AL this week on business.  On the way down on Monday they “lost” my bag.  Ok, they didn’t actually lose it — they knew where it was the whole time, I’m assuming, since [...]

I Am A CISSP

On Tuesday I got my exam results — I passed the CISSP exam.  My endorsement paperwork was submitted on Wednesday afternoon and by Thursday, ISC2 had crowned me CISSP.  I still have a wierd feeling about it; one part euphoria, one part “quick, slap it on your business cards before they change their minds!”
So, in [...]

Finished? Maybe

Those of you who actually know me know that I’ve been cramming like crazy for the CISSP exam in the last couple of weeks.  Twelve years in the industry … 2 years of study … 20 days of virtual bootcamp, practice exams and cramming … and it all came down to this:  250 “all of [...]

Someone Else’s Sheets

I’m in Huntsville, AL this week for a business meeting. The first flight (to Cincinnati) was decent except for the last 20 minutes when I thought I was going to die (insane turbulence that was lifting me off of my seat). The second flight was a piece of cake. I had dinner [...]

Wicked Weather

We had some wicked storms in the area today.  My office had a dozen brown-outs and a couple outright power failures.  After the last power hit that the building took, the network and phones didn’t come back up, so I finally had to just face facts and send everyone home.  Power was out everywhere I [...]

Delta Replies

Dear Ms. Spicer,
Thank you for your e-mail describing your recent experience with our SkyTeam partner, Northwest.
Our records indicate you were originally scheduled on a Northwest partner aircraft, therefore check-in would be with Northwest using the Northwest confirmation number (not to be confused with the Delta confirmation number).
Everyone keeps telling me that over and over (about [...]