Rage Against the Machine will reunite?!?!!?

YES! YES! YES!

So day one in Texas has been extremely annoying. I walked into my terminal just after 8am this morning. Things were looking up. My navigation through security was flawless and the plane was sitting outside the gate. I was to fly first to Philadelphia and then, after a short layover, to Dallas.

Turns out Philadelphia was not feeling the forecast. A one hour delay was in effect.

They asked anyone with a layover to approach. So, I strolled to the counter.

“I’m going to Dallas.”
“not today you aren’t.”

That wasn’t entirely true. It turns out that the earliest flight in which seats were available was a 5:45pm flight with a different airline.

I had to take it. It was imperative that I be at my destination Tuesday morning.

This was especially uncool because a 5:45pm flight would pull into Dallas around 8:45. But my final destination was not Dallas, it was 3 hours east of Dallas. I wouldn’t arrive until about 12:30am (provided smooth baggage claim) and I’d have to get up a mere 4.5 hours later.

Texas is big.
Texas: 1
Mike D: 0

So I zipped over to the other terminal to see if I could get a standby on an earlier flight.
Sure enough, I got on standby for an 11:45 departure. And despite being overbooked and asking for volunteers to switch to a later flight… I miraculously scored a seat! Badda bing!

Mid air I realized there was no way that my bag was going to arrive with me.

When you lose luggage in Texas… it’s as good as gone.
Texas: 2
Mike D: 0

Sure enough, upon arriving at the baggage claim I found zero hint of my luggage. I had a discussion with the lost bag lady and then hit the road. I’d get a phone call when they found my stuff.

Finally I arrive in Texas. I get to my hotel and then take a trip to Target. I bought some steel toed boots and a few other necessities for getting through tomorrow. Then I headed over to the Texas Roadhouse.

Two women were at the main counter.

“how many sir?”
“actually, can I just get carry out!”
“YOU HAVE AN AWESOME ACCENT!”

The women can’t resist the sweet melodies of my voice
Mike D: 1
Texas: 2

And so here I am. Eating steak, veggies, rolls, and a sweet potato before bed. If I hit the hay now, I’ll even get about 8 hours of sleep.

Whew.

There were a handful of people who successfully identified Disney as the satellite image. Jesse was the only one to submit a guess for the skyline. And he was correct. The answer was indeed Riomaggiore which is a small city in Italy one of the five cities of Cinque Terre. Special thanks to UUIG for providing that skyline.

Let’s proceed to this week’s challenge.

Skyline!

Satellite!

Your goal is to identify both.

Good luck!

For $150 you can become a licensed dead animal hauler in Texas.

Good morning readers! On this fine Monday morning I depart to Texas for another week of southern adventure and engineering mayhem. This trip should actually be pretty enjoyable. Today my schedule consists of traveling. I’ll probably get to my final destination around 5pm at which point I will relax, read, and get to bed early. Tuesday will be absolutely nuts. But Wednesday and Thursday will consist largely of tours and meetings. I will return on Friday in time for my accounting class.

My original personal goal for this Texas trip was to see a Rodeo. I want to see a Rodeo. I have been to Texas probably 8-10 times. It is alarming that I still haven’t been to a Rodeo, which is, in fact, the official state sport of Texas. Unfortunately, the Rodeo season is from April to October (who knew!?!) I’ve checked calendars of events and unfortunately I can’t seem to find any other wild events. Do we have any Dallas fort worth natives out there with great entertainment suggestions?