Notes on Santa Clara

• So early Tuesday morning I was riding around Santa Clara trying to find my business meeting. In the meantime, I happened upon the headquarters of Macrovision. Thankfully, my coworkers were able to stop me from keying any cars in the Macrovision parking lot.
• I made some time to visit Apple headquarters in Cupertino and shop at the Apple Company Store. I now have plenty of objects embroidered with the Apple logo.
• On my way to SJC, I sat one row behind the first class section. I enviously watched the elite travelers eat their melon, cantaloupe, cheese, and cracker plates and drink their complimentary alcoholic beverages.
  On my way home, two of my three flights were bumped to first class, so I got to experience air luxury for the first time. Now I am forever spoiled!
• To the woman at LAX who got on the loudspeaker and said my flight to Chicago was in the final boarding stages, leading me to sprint across half the terminal to discover that the flight wasn't boarding at all yet: I hate you with the fury of a thousand suns.