M@ Around The World

Virtually in Vegas... When last we left our traveler he was just getting back from Cincinnati, OH in anticipation of his next grand adventure out west to Las Vegas .  Hehe :-)  This trip was also related to work as it was the location of the 2005 VMWorld Conference (sponsored by VMWare ®).  The conference was a symposium of classroom lectures, interactive sessions, and labs centered around the VMWare products and their partners' products.  We were in sessions for 9-10 hours a day learning about all the possibilities and directions we could take these products in.  It was very exciting! (in a somewhat geeky way :-) A slight detour on the way... A couple weeks before I left on my trip, I found out that a friend of mine, Nick , was going to be in Los Angeles, CA for Mercedes Benz Fashion Week .  Since this particular friend hails from sunny London , I figured this was an opportune time to go see him while we were only a couple hundred miles away.  Du...

The Nasti... Ever since my department in GE Energy merged with one based in Cincinnati, OH in the GE Aircraft Engines (now called GE Aviation) division, I've had to take several trips up there for various meetings and Work Outs (W/O!) (multi-day focused meetings driven to come up with a solution to a problem).  I never liked (nor minded really) going there only because I didn't relate to the city or to the state (especially after last year's presidential election!).  This trip, however, was a little more exciting because I got to stay the weekend after and hang out with my friend Clifton that just graduated from the IMLP program out of Aircraft Engines and bought a condo not too far from the office.  Clifton so affectionately refers to "Cincinnati" as "The Nasti" which I found amusing because those of us in Atlanta usually refer to " Evendale, OH " (where the Aircraft Engines office is) as "Evildale"...so this played into our ...

  ...so this isn't a "travel" entry per se, but I just wanted to put a quick reminder to "Erase Hate" and remember one of our fallen brothers.  Today's the 7th anniversary of Matthew's murder.  May he be resting in peace! http://www.matthewshepard.org/