tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post4617266563614963064..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: I Spend Too Much Time LeavingThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-65773811885941737812016-05-08T00:34:43.455-05:002016-05-08T00:34:43.455-05:00I used to travel a great deal more, and I'm gl...I used to travel a great deal more, and I'm glad it's slowed down so much. I know when I was in the rhythm of travelling constantly, it was different. I liked the feeling of movement, of seeing people where they were, seeing new contours of new places, especially if I drove in. Flying, if done frequently, is a hassle, but it gives you a sense you're accomplishing something just by nature of appearing suddenly in new places, inserting yourself right into them. It's an illusion, but an important one.<br /><br />But, yeah, you never really see a place, and when you do - like seeing the back of the White House, you kind of feel like you're doing it wrong. There's not really the time. <br /><br />This week I'm not travelling, but I am welcoming folks to Austin for meetings, and was asked to take people somewhere "Austin-y", and as someone who kind of hates what tourists mean when they say this (because you mean: take me somewhere expensive, upscale and vaguely Mexican-y, which is only 1/3rd traditionally "Austin-y") I kind of want to take them to The Frisco and explain that this was one of the nicest places in Austin three decades ago as they try to figure out the menu of cheap fried foods under the eyes of a waitress named "Flo".The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-64931012539853521552016-05-07T06:10:14.690-05:002016-05-07T06:10:14.690-05:00I feel you. I had a time when I was traveling a lo...I feel you. I had a time when I was traveling a lot for work and was lucky enough to bring the wife along for many of my trips. We would extend the stay a day or two and go out after the conferences. But if I went alone, it was depressi. I once walked to the White House and was unimpressed, only later realizing it was the back of the building. But by then I just wanted to be in my room. Sound Affectshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05509617424337109337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-55649720342551898372016-05-07T00:09:17.011-05:002016-05-07T00:09:17.011-05:00My dad's been consulting for twenty years, and...My dad's been consulting for twenty years, and except for a three year strech from 2012-2015, he's flown out on Sunday night and comes home on Thursday evening every week. I had to make three trips in six weeks recently, and it was so mentally taxing. I don't know how he does it. RHPThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617999946778955502noreply@blogger.com