Early Train to Santa Barbara

On my way to my favorite getaway city — and avoiding both holiday and Neverland traffic. I’m finally beginning to leverage my PDA, having had the sense to both load up SB in Google Maps and download a list of movie showtimes as well, before I left. Then too, I suffered a brief bout of Kindle-envy before I remembered that I have book-reading software on the PDA as well. So, I’m set with music, books, and destination info with minimal paper, and can write if I choose without having to lug a laptop along. We’ve just passed the notorious Chatsworth crash site and are in the tunnels to Simi Valley. I’ll hit “send” when we emerge.