Blogs from Union Square, San Francisco, California, United States, North America

After about sixty years of air travel, airports, and airplanes, I have seen many crazy things. Here are just a few: Poor hygiene-well, first of all, most men do NOT wash their hands after using the men's room. That in itself is as disgusting as it gets. But some other culprits will clip their toe nails on board, file their nails, clean their ears, or place their stinky feet on the back of my seat!!! Or how about the amateur dental hygienists on board who must floss their teeth after EVERY meal?? Don't even get me started on dandruff, acne pickers, and nose hair trimmers. Pet stuff-you can guess what happens when a "therapy" dog has to poop while on the plane, even in first class. Not fun!!! Worse yet, how about a pet snake? Yes, ... read more

4 attachments (836 KB) Download all Save all to OneDrive - Personal I read a great article today about ten things that suck about airports. I found it on a website I have started to read and use called Godsavethepoints. After all, is flying not about collecting all the frequent flyer miles you can before you die? Not really, I firmly believe in using them once yo... read more

Heräsin klo 6. Lähdettiin lentokentälle klo 8. Lento oli klo 11-13. Menin lentokentältä San Franciscon keskustaan paikallisjunalla Bart. Hotelli on ihan Powellin aseman lähellä. Oli kiva nähdä rollikoita ja vanhoja ratikoita kun nousin asemalta kadulle. Kävin lounaalla hotellin alakerran ravintolassa. Pääsin lähtemään kävelylle vasta klo 18. Reitille osui vanhoja cabel car -vaunuja (kaapeliraitiovaunuja), mäkiä, Union Square, China Town. Söin vielä ostoskeskuksessa japanilaista ruokaa. Ostin lähikaupasta vähän syömistä ja jääkaappiin maitoa. Kassajonossa oli edelläni espanjalainen nainen, jonka kanssa todettiin tämä maa kalliiksi, ja perässäni saksalaisia nuoria. Etukäteen luin hotellista että netti on surkea ja että lähettyvillä on paljon kodittomia. Netti on toiminut - tosin kuvien lataaminen on hidasta - eikä kodittomia ole ollut paljon. Osa... read more

On 12th April Achim and I arrived in Anaheim, CA, for the 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. I was really proud of myself since we had managed to get two posters and one symposium accepted, but don’t worry, I won’t bore you with the details of the conference. Those who want to learn more can do so on our ScienceBlog.Of course we took the chance to explore the area. Since we were in Anaheim, we definitely needed to go to Disneyland. It was within walking distance and I did my morning runs in Downtown Disney (no admission required for this part of the resort). It is amazing how you dive straight into this world simply by the design of the street and by the m... read more

We arrived in San Francisco late that evening, and got a cab to our hotel just off Union Square. After the relaxing, quiet atmosphere of Maui, it was nice to be in a bustling city again. We dropped our bags at Hotel Rex and headed straight to the hotel bar to grab a free glass of wine. Dave was up at the bar ordering, and the man behind the bar asked him where we were from. He said "Ireland". The guy said "I know. Where in Ireland? I'm from Howth". This was a different kettle of fish to Hawaii where Irish people are so exotic. In San Fran, we noticed every second person was Irish! After our drink we headed next door to Hogwash for some food. We had loads of different kinds of sausages and ... read more