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I am officially on my way to New York City (currently over Michigan!) and the trip is going well so far. The seat next to me on the plane is open, which always a bonus, AND our travel agent gave me a little upgrade which never hurts J

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1 - The number of friends who left these shores. Apparently Powney has some copyright issues regarding the 'Richard Powney says' feature and has ended our friendship. If I was on facebook, I would cease to be one of his, 'more than 200'.

4 - The number of run-ins with police/customs officers ...

... uit zo'n klein huisje kan komen.

De tweede dag (gisteren) stond in het teken van de Detroit show. Ik kan nu een hele verhandeling houden over Ticketmaster en paperless tickets en credit cards en debit cards, maar het komt er op neer dat het allemaal een stuk eenvoudiger zou moeten kunnen, volgens mij. In ieder geval: ik had staanplaatsen, maar ben niet in de pit (het voorste) gedeelte terecht gekomen. Waar men in Europa een "first come first serve" methode ...

I am still at home. Only one more week. Being away from my home for three weeks requires a lot of preparation. I even know the movie that are going to have on the Flight. I am tired already!! Since I will be on a plane for almost 24 hours, I am collecting all the necessary stuff needed to be comfortable.

Oh Detroit (or rather Detroit suburbia), how you have saved my Michigan experience!

I was already excited to travel to "Detroit" because I knew I was going to get to see Anne, my friend from grad school who I haven't seen since we both graduated. Then it just kept getting better and better. She managed to score us tickets to see her boyfriend's new show... and not just any show my friends... Evil Dead: The Musical!!!! I was so excited. We grabbed a quick dinner ...

Phew... Going through US Customs was a bit trying... No searching but a lot of questions meant - I supposed - to catch us with something bad... Who knows. We did not loose any meal. We're in the middle of a fairground, with a weak WiFi but OK. The only analog TV channels are from Detroit but the Detroit area offers 22 digital channels, many

Longer day than expected but we grinded the flying condo to a halt. No problem other than a sticking lock on the propane door.

... the questions as best i could but i think that somewhere along the line, i started answering them in the wrong order. he was not impressed. however, after what seemed like an hour of him giving me the old stink eye, and me fighting the urge to salute him, he let us through. job done.

the rest of the day was split between trying to shut me up from dithering on about 'being an englishman, it shouldn't be allowed' and relaxing.

the next day was the day when the ...

This is one place, which had always intrigued me; right from my days in the middle school, where I was taught it was the motor capital of the world. The name came back into my life when Sach an Auto engineer and a close friend made base at this very beautiful, historical American city and coming to the United States and seeing the very many American cars on the roads made my zeal to see Detroit even more.



So here we were, landing and ...

... back into America's number past time: TV watching. I caught up on all the celebrity happenings, watched at least one episode of every reality show and discovered that there is only one television show worth anything (Extreme Makeover - Home edition where they build a new house for deserving family in a week) and the rest is all mind numbing garbage to help anesthetize the viewers. So I have had my mind numbed to a level of a slug and am ready to have some stimulation ...