Looking Four Years Behind Myself
Four years ago today – this very minute – I was on a plane to Thailand. Well, maybe to Chicago or Tokyo, to be more specific, but my journey was underway. I had been sure to get aisle seats on all legs of the trip. It’s bad enough being on a plane for 27 hours. I can’t imagine being stuck in a window or center seat with my giant Germanic frame.
February 1, 2004 was the day of the Super Bowl and as the in-cabin monitors showed our position over the long trail of Aleutian islands, the captain came on and announced that he had picked up a station from Honolulu that was broadcasting the game, if anyone was interested. I don’t really care about football but thought it was pretty amazing that radio signals first of all reached as high up as we were and second that they could be picked up from so far away.
At that same moment, my wife was in Boston watching the game on a big-screen TV with our friend Jody. I only learned this after the fact, of course, but found the connection to be a special one, learning that through the miracles of football, advertising and radio technology, we could be connected just a little bit, though thousands of miles apart.
I don’t know where I am going with this or where this journey I am on will take me, as I look backward four years, but here’s to enjoying the ride and loving the new adventure every day brings!
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