Are you ready for the craziness? Leaving Vienna in less than 48 hours. All classes and paperwork are finished. New York is on, Chicago is on, Spokane is on, going back to DBS in New York is 95%. Going across the country and back again in less than a month. Holy hell in a hand basket.

I just got back from having drinks with my Negotiation and Mediation prof. That guy is awesome. He was in Iran when the shah was overthrown, he served in the Marine Corps., and has the best damn stories and views around.

I am more than ecstatic about seeing Jessica. She is the best. That's all there is to it.

Going back to Chicago will be even more fun, and Spokane will be... something to talk about to say the least.

I will be in Chicago from July 3rd to the 9th. Let me know if you want to meet up between the 5th and 9th. Ah, Time, my arch-rival, we meet again.

T-minus ten days. It's VIE to JFK (6 hours behind Vienna Time) on the 23rd, leave from LGA to ORD (One hour behind NYC Time) on the 24th, go from ORD to GEG (2 Hours behind Chicago Time) on the 25th. Then it's GEG to ORD on the 3rd of July, and then probably ORD to LGA around the 9th.

The Mountain weekend was good. I wish I would have learned something but it was a good time.

Going to the mountains this weekend. Raxkoenig.at. The good news, going to the mountains for some fresh Austrian air and old school Austrian food, bad news I am not going to learn anything this weekend, doesn't sound that bad but I was really looking forward to a real strategic management class. So geht es. Pictures to follow.

So I haven't been posting that often. Austria is like that. Everyone here is very whatever about most things.

Today is a holiday. I don't what holiday but I know it's a holiday because all the stores are closed. That's fantastic since I didn't have time to buy rations on Friday and the stores are always closed on the weekends. Gotta love that socialist work ethic.

In other news, who do I know in Cali, Kentucky, Hong Kong, and Ghana? I have gotten hits from all of those places. The Ghana hit might have been from Wes but I am clueless as to the other three places. I have gotten about 15 hits from HK in the last three days. Anyone have an answer to that?

The summer is coming up, for me at least. I know it started for most of you. I land in NYC on the 23rd. Looking forward to a wonderful evening with Jessica, then I fly to Chicago on the 24th. After that it gets hazy. I might go back to NYC if DBS hires me back. There is a chance I will be in Spokane, WA from the 26thish-July 2nd.So that's fun.

Discuss: The USA has lower environmental standards than the EU, however if a company in the EU pollutes and is acquired by another company the acquiring company has no responsibility to clean up the acquired companies mess, whereas in the US the acquiring company would take full responsibility for the clean up even if the company is in another country.