Getting Home - Boston to San Francisco

Saturday, 31 Oct 2009
I caught the 0800 bus from McArthur Hall to Boston Logan for a flight that my itinerary said was 1130. I had considered waiting for the 1000 bus but thought that might be cutting it a bit fine. I ended up as the only person on  0800 so I was chauffeured to the airport in style. The driver was friendly and we had a bit of a chat. Once he had determined my nationality he asked me me "What is the difference between an Australian and a New Zealander?" I looked him straight in the eye and said "We're smarter!". For some reason the flight UA177 was actually scheduled to depart at 1244, so I ended up spending about 4 hours in the United lounge, but it wasn't all bad as there was a reasonably steady flow of AMP participants over the period I was there, so I had the opportunity to chat with them and reflect on the program.
The flight was around 6 hours and I was flying economy and the plane was full. I sat next to a guy that spends his professional life trying to invade the physical and IT infrastructure of firms in the U.S as a way of determining where there are gaps and therefore hopefully allowing patches to be put in place to make the firms more secure. He will attach the IT systems from the outside, he will physically break into buildings by cracking locks or bullshitting the front-desk staff.
My flight arrived about 4pm (San Francisco is 3 hours behind Boston). I caught up with Mark Young and his wife Bev for dinner. Mark and Bev had decided to meet up in San Francisco for a few days and have a bit of a holiday.
Accommodation is once more at the Holiday Inn, Fishermans Wharf.
Oh and the other peice of news is that I think I am going blind. All this reading has meant I am struggling to read small text etc (becoming a bit long-sighted). So I went and bought myslef a set of +1.00 reading glasses. They make a difference and I have become quite found of them.