{"id":202,"date":"2006-03-25T07:31:55","date_gmt":"2006-03-25T07:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=202"},"modified":"2006-03-25T07:31:55","modified_gmt":"2006-03-25T07:31:55","slug":"worst-weekend-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2006\/03\/25\/worst-weekend-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst Weekend Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

As if I didn’t have enough to worry about already, my luck took a turn for the worse last weekend, precipitating a series of events that I’m only beginning to recover from. It all began right before my trip to New York for my talk<\/A>, when my laptop decided to die for the second time in 2 weeks. After bringing it back to the bozos<\/A> who claimed to have fixed it last week, I flew down hoping to spend some relaxing time with my folks back home. Upon arriving, we headed out for lunch, but just when I sat down at the table, I realized my wallet was MISSING! I knew I had it in the car, so it was only a matter of minutes between leaving the car with the valet and walking into the restaurant<\/A> that I lost it. I spent the afternoon canceling all my credit\/ATM cards, and even filed a police report. Incidentally, this happened to be my first experience inside a police station<\/A>, and it was nothing I’ve ever imagined. Looking around, I saw officers sitting at old wooden desks like those from a public high school. On one side were stashes of various paper forms and a typewriter (no, not a computer keyboard … a MANUAL typewriter). And on the other side, a lady was staring at a MONOCHROME computer monitor! Not exactly like the stuff on CSI<\/A>. Fortunately, the talk itself went well, and I got to rub elbows with some Neuro bigwigs. Without any IDs and with a fraud alert all over my accounts, it almost feels like I’m the fugitive. I even missed my return flight amidst all the drama, and had to resort to the Chinatown death-mobile<\/A> to come back home, just in time to pick up a nasty stomach flu. I guess if there’s a silver lining, it’s that I survived such a whirlwind of a week. Let’s hope that I’ve depleted all my bad karma for a long time to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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