Tradition dies a cold & lonely death

Hot Donuts NOW
Originally uploaded by stepchile.

2100. Time for the conference's "performance improvement workshop." You know, the usual thing, a trip to Krispy Kreme Donuts to see the baking process & taste a dozen samples.

Hotel lobby; I'm the only person. Everyone has stood me up; not another soul.

I'm a alone.

Perhaps it is time for me to move along...

Here we are!

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Originally uploaded by J. Puig.

Welcome to Orlando! Here we are at the Residence Inn: eleven of us huddled around a conference table, laptops powered up.

Sometimes, it feels as if we're talking about the same things we talked about four or eight or ten years ago. The wheels spin, sometimes...

There, Chris, I've posted.