It’s Here!

From Union Pacific…

The MT-14 arrived back fr0m the Boatyard today. Woohoo! If the weather holds, I hope to go for a shakedown run on Friday.

Thank you to Warren, Tim, Brian, and the Island Street crew!

Looking forward to steaming on Saturday, too.

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New RFD blog

I’m experimenting with a new format for the RFD news blog. You can find it here.

Conference Haiku

hotel frustrationssmile, enjoy the conferencelots good to learn here

—James(sent from my iPhone)

Gaylord National Resort Update

I woke up this morning thinking that the bed was comfortable, and maybe I’d been too harsh in my opinion. Then I walked to the bathroom.

Gaylord National Resort charges a mandatory $15/day “Resort Fee” on top of the outrageous rate. The fee gives access to the gym and two ‘free’ bottles of water. Apparently [...]

East Hill Mafia / Gaylord National "Resort"

We arrived at the hotel in DC today for the Council on Foundations conference. Taylor and Johnny showed up in matching suits looking like our own enforcers. You know those charity guys, sometimes it takes a little muscle to keep them in line.

I’ve been to these before, and there is always a lot [...]