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[To view the entire Flickr photoset from this trip, go here<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

I spent Friday afternoon at happy hour with Matt<\/a>, who dropped a very-tipsy me off at the airport; I proceeded to board the plane and partake in Northwest Airline’s free booze, because I consider it my duty to exploit them as they exploit me. I’d been upgraded to first class on three out of my last four flights. How awesome is that?<\/p>\n

I arrived in Albuquerque after 11, and walked over to the car rental place. They handed me keys and I sleepily rolled my suitcase out to the lot. I was confronted with a giant white minivan, so I sleepily rolled my suitcase back inside. I asked the guy behind the counter, “Do you have anything smaller? I drive a MINI!” He said no, that was all they had left.<\/p>\n

I named my minivan ‘Cracker’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[To view the entire Flickr photoset from this trip, go here.] I spent Friday afternoon at happy hour with Matt, who dropped a very-tipsy me off at the airport; I proceeded to board the plane and partake in Northwest Airline’s free booze, because I consider it my duty to exploit them as they exploit me. 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