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This picture is Unalaska. |
Today, I spent the morning configuring Spanish taxes, on a
ship destined for Rome (don’t ask), via satellite communication from a ship in
Unalaska, which, just so you know, is in…. Alaska.
This was after a global meeting of the minds including a
London mind, lawyers from all over the EU and we are still waiting for final
authorization from an Austrian in California.
As I get ready to go to bed, the thing I am most grateful
for is NOT changing time zones tomorrow. After having changed time zones something like seven times in the last
nine days, traveling from Japan to Alaska, I am THRILLED to be waking up in the
same time zone tomorrow. No need to reset my clock tonight, no need to think of
the hour less sleep I will be getting! (No need to think about which systems
will handle the time change, which won't, whether Daylight Savings Time is
observed or not, or for that matter where the International Dateline is
compared to my current location.)
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Yield to aircraft, seems a good idea. |
I kind of feel like I got
gypped this month in salary. My April, having crossed the international date
line, will have 31 days and several of my days will have 23 hours, which means
the same number of work hours, but less rest hours. Just sayin’.
The apparent highlight of
the day was the Safeway (a grocery store), in “downtown” Dutch Harbor,
Alaska. Honestly, they should have just
called the town Safeway, cause if there was no Safeway, there would be no town.
(That is not entirely true, but it makes a better story.)
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I did yield. |
Surprise of the story is,
today was GLORIOUS. I suddenly understand Alaska. The light here is magical. I
walked two miles into “town,” ie to Safeway, along a dirt path. It was amazing.
Bald eagles everywhere, snow-capped mountains in every direction, clear, crisp,
pure cold air and a northern light which induced euphoria.
Cool: Alaska and its
godly, ethereal, northern light.
Stupid: Trying to apply
European Union tax laws to a ship traveling from Spain to Rome, from a ship in
Alaska, and missing the first chance in months to speak to my sister.
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Sports utility vehicle, Alaska style. |
Super Super Stupid: Trying to post this, realizing I can't because the internet is not working properly, and then being the one that has to fix it. And trying to layout pictures pretty on a slow internet connection; I ultimately gave up. And anyway, more than a day later.. POSTED.
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There are two eagles on the hill in the background. I liked the "fit." |
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