August 17, 2006
Or
Google Maps Is a Pack of Lies
Blogging this one old-school from Wilkes-Barre, PA, since there's no Internet conenction at the hotel here.
The ride up here was a bit more interesting than I would have liked, as the car managed to have a full coolant reservoir while at the same time having a radiator slightly drier than the Sahara. I swear, that car knows it's on its way out, and it's fucking with me.
I'd forgotten just how much crack smoking is involved in placing signage in this state. I should have caught on when the directions told me to turn right onto a street that only went to the left.
Eventually, I wound up climbing a hill in second gear, looking for a place to turn around, since I figured that a two-lane road through the woods doesn't count as Main Street, even in Wilkes-Barre.
Well, I obviously made it here, and I'm pretty sure the car is still in one piece. I'll see if I can futz with it tomorrow morning before I head back to Virginia.
That assumes, of course, that I can explain this Web-based CMS that I'm here to demo without going apeshit. In all fairness, the guy using the system is fairly computer-literate. This should be OK, probably about two hours.
So it's Sunday night, and I'm sitting here in the Ramada watching TV and I've realized that Jeff Foxworthy hasn't changed his routine in 15 years. I think I'll be going to bed at 10, just to avoid having to watch more TV. God, I miss the Internet already.
Well, just to give you an idea of Pennsylvania's state of affairs, I just saw a commercial starring the governor, telling people not to bother leaving the state for tourism; just go to Pittsburgh! Great, nobosy else comes to this state, so now they have to prey on their own people.
I can't believe I lived in this state for a decade. Virginia may be as hot as the Fifth Circle, but at least there's something kind of like civilization there.
Edit, Tuesday Night: The demo went well. There's a lot of information that I threw at this guy, and there are going to be questions. I think now that we've had a chance to sit down and see the same screen this will go much more smoothly. I came away with a set of notes for changes and clarifications, and most of them are done already.
The car did the whole dry-radiator with full-reservoir thing again; I'm gradually adding coolant to the radiator to avoid overfilling. In fact, I need to go down to the car and see how everything's doing fluid-wise right now.
