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Entry for March 26, 2008

Woke up in a strange and foreign place, frighten, confused and invigorated. It was the Doubletree Metropolitan on Lex and 51st. I bumped my head on the low ceiling.

Took unusually long time to drive from East side to Lincoln Tunnel. Pedestrians and police don’t like people driving on the sidewalks.

Had salad at the client’s salad bar, good cafeteria but limited cookies. Amazing how long it takes someone, usually right in front of me, to take plain lettuce from the metal tin it is in, and using tongs, place lettuce on plate. Woman today took about 4 minutes, which is about 3 minutes 45 seconds longer than it took me. These people search and peck for the perfect leaf, and the exact right amount of lettuce. My guess is so they stick to a weight limit set up in their weight management program so they can pile on cheese, croutons and ranch dressing.

While driving up to the toll gates on the GW Bridge, heading out of Jersey, I grabbed my BlackBerry and held it to the window while driving in the Fast Path high speed lane. I guess I should have grabbed my EZ Path. I realized my mistake about a mile down the road. I wonder what Hertz will say when they find out.

TSA security guy at LaGuardia made me take out my Dapper Dan pomade from my suitcase and put it in the zip lock bag I take out separately to place in a bin, and put away the stick of deodorant that I had in the zip lock bag, which reversed what a TSA guy made me do a couple of months ago. After almost a million miles of flying since 2001, I still am not sure whether some items are gels or not, and I think TSA doesn’t either. Life goes on.

I skipped buying a Newsday at the airport concession stand so I could barely make an earlier flight, which made me feel empty inside because it broke a ritual when going through LaGuardia. Sorry Newsday, I won’t do it again. You deserve better.

Does flying a lot have any negative consequences, like damage to joints or arteries, because of the altitude? My guess is no, otherwise The Today Show would have done a special on it.