Hieroglyphics

Upon becoming frustrated with the enigmatic glyphs on the controls of his smartphone, my dad thought of the icons on the buttons in a particular computer program:

"In Unigraphics [a jet-engine-scale CAD program], a product I used to support, we have over a thousand symbols. Years ago, mankind invented phonetic writing so we wouldn't have to remember thousands of symbols, and now we're back to systems where we have to remember a thousand symbols!"

Having just finished a class on the era of civilization in which writing developed, I was highly amused. :)

PVU

So...

I like small airports. A lot.

I got a ride from a friend at 7 this morning to the Provo municipal airport. We pulled up to the Million Air building, got me unloaded, and off I went.

Through the normal doors, turn right, wait almost no time, check bags, step through the door, put everything through their one x-ray machine showing pass and ID after the metal detector, step into the waiting area/terminal. Board by walking across the tarmac and up a ramp.

Simple, condensed. Like this verbage.

They even let me board right after first class because I have no overhead bin item.

Cold seats though. That was a shock!

Cranky

You ever look down at your gas gauge and realize that you have drastically less fuel than you thought you did?

I feel like that today.

Just Go.

 "Why, I'm going to do as much as I can until I get kicked out of BYU," she huffed. I looked into her gaze, which she was casting condescendingly down her nose.

"Is that so? Why don't you just leave?" I demanded.