10.30.02 – Detroit, MI, Pittsburgh, PA

i am in a communication wasteland. my cell phone broke, had to be mailed back to idaho, and then fed ex lost it in Flint, MI (of Roger and Me fame). the hotel charges us a $1.50/minute to make local calls, which pretty much makes being on the internet out of the question. (i’m posting this on a computer at kinko’s, on the company bill at a rate of $.20/minute). i have no calling card, no way to make long distance calls from the hotel. i’d borrow a cell phone from someone on the tour, but we’re all short on our daytime minutes so i’m completely incommunicado until after 9pm. i’ll hide in a starbucks with tolstoy until the rain stops, and try not to think about all the call-my-insurance-company type errands i’d planned to do with my day off.