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DFW

By Patrick Calder

June 8, 2006

Welcome to DFW airport. Not the same old Airport. Just the same old airport. The accommodations are certainly nicer than they used to be. Clean, new carpets. The chairs have all been replaced over the last few years. The walls sparkle with an anesthetic whiteness that doesn’t make you think Continue Reading

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Texas and everything after

By Patrick Calder

June 24, 2005

So far, this trip could almost be called pleasant. The airport employees have been cheerful. The crowds weren’t particularly bad. Waiting at the gate in DC, a woman was brought in with a service dog the size of a Buick. It must have been part great dane, though I’d never Continue Reading