Chicago Road Trip
I met my friend Menucha while I worked at the pot pie company. She was my counterpart at a vendor for a substantial contract, so we worked together quite regularly. We both inherited a very challenged situation, but quickly turned it around due to our partnering on the problems. Menucha’s greatest personal assets are her organization and persistence. I’ve never seen her eat spaghetti, but wouldn’t be surprised if she straightened the noodles – and maybe gave them firm instruction to the effect of “now noodles, you will get in my mouth so I can eat you” – before eating them. She’s no nonsense, which makes her very good at what she does. It also makes giving her a hard time that much more fun. I hadn’t...
Warm-up trip
Took the company jet to Naperville for meetings this week. Gotta say, very nice. Not so much the plane – it flies like all other planes – but everything else. I pulled up 20 feet from the front door of the hangar, which is a comfortable waiting room with wood floors, soft leather chairs, and warm colors. Looks like a place more suited to drinking bourbon and smoking cigars than waiting for a plane. The walk from there to the plane was another 30 feet. No security. No checking in luggage. Walk on, sit down. 5 minutes later we’re in the air. 1 hour later, we’re landing in DuPage, which is a small airport approximately the size of Lincoln’s airport with equally limited traffic. DuPage is a nice place to fly into as...