Well, instead of packing for a trip to the Bay Area next Monday, it looks as if I'm going to be stuck out here on the Frozen Tundra for a few weeks, and possibly even longer. My trip was cancelled yesterday, due to lack of student participation in the class I was supposed to be teaching.

And as if that weren't disappointing enough, my trip to L.A. next month may also be in jeopardy due to the threatened strike by Northwest Airlines pilots and flight attendants.

In addition, my trip to Barcelona is still up in the air and Munich is also a question mark, so I may wind up being a homebody well into this summer!

Bummer.

However, there is one spot of good news: I managed to get my company sabbatical approved mere days before our glorious new interim CEO announced the suspension of the entire program until December, so if worse comes to worse and everything winds up getting cancelled, I'm gonna take a 3-week roadtrip around the Midwest to do some serious flea marketing and drinking at various tiki establishments in the Milwaukee and Chicago area.

Stay tuned.