Travel Calculus

Arrive to the conference early to take in a day of skiing before the conference.
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90 minute delay in take off at Boston, with a mad dash to our connecting flight in Portland.
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Luggage stuck in Portland = No ski equipment = No skiing = Working on the talk and the grant.

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