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The Second Thing That Went Wrong

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June 20th 2009
So I've had another hiccup in my journey, and this one was a little bigger. I woke up to find that my 9:45 am flight from Austin to Dallas had been delayed until 11 am, meaning that would miss my connecting flight to JFK, and thus to Rome. Awesome. Thanks, American. I headed to the airport anyway, in hopes of speaking to someone at the desk, but it turned out to be a big clusterf*%#. It tur ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more