Tuesday

Wow!!  Mid 60's here today.  I'm sure that we'll revisit the 20's and 30's, but it feels great not to have to wear the extra layers!

Our friends at Delta Airlines have cancelled the direct flight to Reno from Minneapolis in July, which means, 1) all that effort, stress and time expended last month to make those reservations at the lower fee was wasted energy, and 2) the airlines deserve their low customer satisfaction ratings.  The system didn't actually put out a traveler email notice.  @srh4 was talking with 1 who had noticed that that direct flight wasn't even showing on the schedule any longer.  An online inquiry to confirm our existing reservations produced the unannounced itinerary changes.

As I write this, we haven't concluded on the new schedule, other than we still plan to depart on the 22nd.  Much depends on the availability of seats on the alternative flights.  Given the airline's record, we could end up connecting through Atlanta.

My annual physical this morning was routine.  This was my first time with this particular doctor.  He had access to my previous records through the electronic files that the clinics now all use.  Blood work and chest x-ray to be reviewed later.  Nothing from his examination beyond, "Keep doing what you're doing."

This doc was acquainted with my previous family doc and offered up that the former doc may just have tired of adapting to "the new system".  Specifically, he pointed to the notebook computer that he was using for his notes.  And my old doc didn't subscribe to the "hospitalist" program whereby doc's don't visit their patients who are hospitalized, leaving that work to doc's employed for that purpose by the hospitals.  Younger doc's generally don't want to work as hard as the traditionalists, and the hospitals must see hospital-only doc's as another revenue source.  It's almost always about the money.

The clan members educated at St. Mary's in California can celebrate today their double-OT victory last night over Gonzaga in the conference tourney.  Their ticket to the NCAA Big Dance is now in hand.  Go Gaels!  (A great crossword word, too.)

George Strait appeared for a "do-over" concert at Kansas City's Sprint Center on Saturday night.  A week ago, the Saturday after we saw him in DM on the Friday night, he stopped his show after two songs with laryngitis or the flu, and promised to come back the next week.  Bummer.  I'm glad we didn't have to make the trip back to DM!  Anyway, 17K+ returned for the make-up concert, and got to see Martina again for the opening act as well.  How many artists actually do a full do-over that timely?  The Entertainment writer in the KC Star gave the show a good review.

In addition to the local FM station switching formats from classic hits to contemporary, the AM station on a sports talk format gave up Mike & Mike In The Morning from ESPN for a Fox Sports show that has nothing to offer.  Mike & Mike have way too many commercials, but they have some things that are at least mildly entertaining.  The substitute show is worthless.  I'm sure that its a case of ESPN access fees getting comparatively too high.  Follow the money.

Make Wednesday a good one.

BCOT