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Wednesday, May 30
Human Freight
I think next time I travel to Munich, I think I'll just sedate myself, climb into a box, and send myself to Conny's apartment via FedEx. Last time I came to Munich the trip wasn't that bad. This time the trip felt like an ordeal of gradually accumulating irritations. Some of the many joys of the trip included:
All exagerated bitching aside, I suppose the real discomfort just comes from being on a plane too damn long with not enough sleep. I did have delightful company, and things ran more or less on time, so it sure could have been a lot worse. We were met at the airport by Conny's lovely parents, and from there on, we started to feel human again. After a chance to get settled and relax, we joined them for dinner, and now all I need is a good night's sleep and I'll be right as rain. '; } else { if(stristr($filename,"archive")) { $dir=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $template='_01_archive.html'; $tail=strlen($template); $thisArchive=$filename; //$files=scandir($dir); $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); $earlyarch=""; $laterarch=""; $prevarch=""; $next=0; foreach($files as $file) { if (substr($file,-$tail)==$template) { if ($next==1) { $laterarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; $next=0; } if ($file==$thisArchive) { $next=1; } else { $prevarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; } } } $link=''; $divider=''; if(file_exists($earlyarch)) { $link='< Earlier Archive'; $divider=" | "; } if(file_exists($laterarch)) { $link=$link.$divider.'Later Archive >'; } $link=$link.' '; } } echo($link); ?> |