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Delta is surprisingly organized. Unfortunately, their organization can't make up for the rain, fog, or LaGuardia's typical chaos and congestion. I receive a green ticket, number 90, and I'm directed into a line with other spiritually and emotionally broken travelers. We all sit down like a herd of sheep, forced into a corner with nothing but concrete under our feet. "We" are mostly college kids and a few lonely professionals and grandparents...
...While the outward appearance of Sadie was the same as it had always been (with maybe a few more grey hairs), her outward behavior was markedly different. This year, instead of continually and incessantly begging for and attempting to steal food, Sadie walked around in a fog, her tail lazily wagging, with what I would swear was a stupid grin on her face. When I asked my parents about this strange, albeit more manageable behavior, they confided that they had placed our family dog on anti-anxiety medication, the equivalent, I would guess, of doggie-Prozac. They said...
...report. I decided immediately that the princess would have done the sweet and selfless thing, and, like Rick Blaine sending Ilsa Lund off with Victor Lazlo on the Lisbon plane at the end of "Casablanca," would have sacrificed her own happiness, swallowed her regret, and withdrawn in a fog of nobility...
Upon entering the Loeb Ex last weekend, an audience member's instinct would be to run in the opposite direction. For the production of Phyllis Nagy's Disappeared the black box theatre was filled with artificial fog from a smoke machine. The room was stuffy, smelly and hot and the production hadn't even started. It's arguable as to whether the pollution was worth the effect it had on the production, but it did serve to produce the proper atmosphere for this dark and disturbing play...
...first 12 hours went smoothly, and the excitement of driving a Carrera 4 in the land of high speed limits and no cops was enough to keep me alert. But as night fell and a heavy fog rolled in, my body started calling out for rest. I was grateful to switch with my co-driver, Linda, and to get a few hours' rest, but woke abruptly when Linda opened the window to keep herself awake...