Greetings from the other side of the international date line! Hong Kong is hot, humid, wet and sticky – did I mention it’s hot here? Only in the mid 90’s but with matching humidity, I can barely breathe. It’s been a long day and a half but it does take time to traverse the globe, and until teleportation is developed (a la Star Trek) that won’t change. I had started out in Dallas and my first flight enroute to Asia was Saturday morning with a connection in Salt Lake, putting me back in Las Vegas by midday. I had just 10 hours in Nevada to unpack, do laundry, check all accumulated snail mail and repack an overnight bag, before it was time to return to McCarran for my redeye flight to Minneapolis. Call me crazy but
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