I Made It!
In the midst of a soul-crushing project that continues to grind forward despite a lack of necessary data, I received this in my email today. The fruits of my labor have finally come to fruition! Oh glorious days of harvest! Reap!

Fittingly, I sealed the deal on a red-eye back from Silicon Valley. Unfortunately Elite status does little to blunt the trauma of starting a work day with a 6:30am touchdown at Logan.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:02 am
wow, this is really exciting. what does elite status give you?
your blog has really picked up. it reads slick and smooth, without being gimmicky. i love it.
February 18th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
I never thought the day would come when you would visit my blog. how amazing.
Apparently elite status does very little except allow you to skip all the lines full people who still get confused by shoe removals and quart-sized plastic bags. People who don’t spend measurable portions of their lives on airplanes. Happy people.