Charles Apple

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A DETOUR THROUGH ATLANTA

I had originally planned to fly out to Boston on Wednesday.

However, a couple of weeks ago, my friends at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked me to teach a couple of sessions today (Tuesday) and Wednesday. Luckily, I had bought my airline tickets from Delta. Delta has been rumored to fly through Atlanta, occasionally.

So I got here this morning, I’ll present this afternoon and I’ll meet with the graphics department this evening for an informal roundtable. I then teach my main session again Wednesday to another shift of folks before dashing off to the airport for a leisurely ride to Boston.

With any luck, I’ll be there by dinnertime Wednesday night.

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A NICE VIEW

The view from my room. That’s Centennial
Olympic Park in the foreground. The round
skyscraper beyond is Peachtree Center.
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The folks from the AJC and the Southeastern Newspaper Publishers Association are putting me up tonight in the Omni/CNN Center. I’ve been in the building many, many times but I’ve never stayed here. Personally, I’m hoping to run into Robin Meade while I’m here.

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ONE IS WORTH ROUGHLY ONE DOLLAR

The most amusing thing that happened on my trip: I arrived in Atlanta and elected to take the MARTA train downtown to my hotel. I put a five dollar bill in the machine and expected a fare card.

The machine spit out a card… but also a token. Which I examined with a puzzled expression. What the hell?

So one of the very nice MARTA employees came over to offer assistance. I guess I’m lucky they’re so polite. What I was puzzling over wasn’t a rail token at all; it was a Sacagawea dollar coin. It was my change.

Chuck, you fool!

Well, hell. It’s been so long since I’ve seen one…

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EARLY ARRIVALS IN BOSTON

Meanwhile, not only are the interns and the SND blog crowd already in Boston, the Sun-Sentinel’s Paul Wallen tells me he’s in New England already, enjoying a brief driving tour before the workshop. Robb Montgomery also went a couple days ago. He’s escorting a group of Egyptian journalists on a newsroom tour, I understand.

I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again.

The folks over at the SND blog are saying it’s cold there. I didn’t even pack a long-sleeved shirt. On the other hand, I’m a fat guy. Fat guys are always hot-natured. And remember, I spent eight years in Chicago and Iowa. So I’m betting I’ll be fine.

Check the current conditions and forecast for downtown Boston at the Weather Underground.

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A PEEK AT THE FLOOR PLAN
And, finally, workshop chairman Dan Zedek sends this newly updated floor plan of the meeting venue. As usual, click on the thumbnail for a larger view:

Thanks, Dan!

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