30 Days

I found this Slate article to be quite hilarious. A synopsis: this guy loses his job, his girlfriend calls it quits, and decides that seeing 30 different airports within 30 days would be a worthwhile project. Read his story and look at the fun infographics here.

He did this with the All You Can Jet pass offered by JetBlue. I thought about doing that again this year, but opted not to. I did it last year and it was a lot of fun, but I felt like I did it to continue running. Running from what or to where, I don't know. It was pointless running for the sake of running. I guess in that regard, I felt for Chadwick and his quest. I especially loved his closing lines: "There isn't that much more to life somewhere else. Especially when you're running to nowhere in particular."

Anyway, enjoy this photo I took at the Art Institute of Chicago:

P.S.

While I absolutely love to fly, airport security has always been the bane of my existence. I know it sounds like a White Whine to complain about an extraneous activity that many in the world can't experience due to financial disparity, but I strongly believe that the more leeway you give to TSA, the more it'll come to bite us in the butt later on. I'm not that bright, so I'll refer to someone much smarter than myself to sum this up: "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." (Ben Franklin)