Prodigal luggage

Luggage Update! This morning, as I was headed down for my 3rd cup of coffee of the morning (yes, it's been one of those weeks...), I look out in the mudroom as the sun is shining in and Lo and Behold! The Bag! The Bag is here! US Airways has come through! On Day 6 of the Lost Luggage ordeal!

So now that the rejoicing is over and the trackball is safely restored to its proper place (hooray!) ...I am faced with the realization that I do NOT get to go shopping this weekend for new all new work clothes. Bummer.

Thanks all for your good wishes of bag recovery. They worked!

Still no luggage, but other goodies

It's Wednesday. The luggage has been gone since Friday night. I have to wait out today before I can make a claim to US Airways. I finally broke down last night and bought new toiletries, a replacement trackball, etc. Funny how not having my toothbrush or my trackball has made me really grumpy the past two days.

Good news is, I have two interesting tidbits to share with you:

• Quintura, a visual search engine overlay (props to Rob Garner at iCrossing for pointing it out...)
• Shelfari, something of a cross between E41st and LibraryThing. Sort of. (Hat tip to Hugh and Oprah's magazine for this one...)

Additional blog posts in the works--want to tell you about Ben McConnell's talk last week for his book, Citizen Marketers! (of course, my coveted signed copy is IN MY LOST LUGGAGE!)

Ah well. The sun is shining, and tomorrow is March 1.

Lost luggage, Academy awards and Monday morning

Back at home, after a wonderful week in Ohio.
I have photos to download, awesome presentations to report on, great insights to share...

But first, I have to complain about my lost luggage. I am, in fact, not the first to complain about US Airways losing my luggage. I want to sing their praises for actually getting me home on Friday night after being delayed for high winds out of LGA. But now, after 3 days of no toothbrush, no work files and no COMMUNICATION from them--I am starting to get a little testy about it.

It also doesn't help that my super cool VoIP phone is refusing to play this morning, too. So the four hours of conference calls I have scheduled will be completed with my mobile phone. I guess I should just be thankful I have a back-up.

Watched the Oscars last night and was pleased to see that the Academy is recruiting for a Librarian/Archivist. You heard it here first!

Last thing: Eric is adding a few cool clips to the sidebar from Blogflux and a few other places.

Sometimes just the act of posting makes me less grumpy. Feel free to share your lost luggage recovery tips...