raybear | phone-phobia and free flying

I managed to e-mail/call 3 folks on my list of people that I needed to contact. I will probably manage to make one more call this afternoon. Maybe even an e-mail or two. Slowly but surely.

Busy morning at work, which is good and bad. Makes the time go faster and makes me simultaneously energized and aggravated. But I'll probably go to lunch soon which will make many things better. Also, I got a fun work surprise this morning -- I won a "raffle" (among many other coworkers) and received one free round-trip plane ticket on United to anywhere in the U.S. (48 states). Start the bidding now for my visit! Right now, Seattle is in the lead. In second place is a NYC/Philadelphia/New Haven combo vacation deal. I have to fly before March 31st and give 21 days notice, so there are some restrictions. And I also have to plan my time off around my other co-workers who also got free tickets.

Other options include:
NYC/etc.
Arizona (hi

stuey!)
DC
Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Francisco

I think I sense a poll in the development. So you can start lobbying now and/or add additional city suggestions that aren't listed above, or you can wait until the official poll is up, probably later this afternoon when I'm not working.