DATELINE: Germantown, MD

I'm having a little coffee, watching tv, and getting mentally prepared for a meeting this morning. This meeting is a prelude for a project here after the beginning of the New Year - we want to make sure the client can handle Teh Awesomeness of The Man. Lets hope they're prepared.

I will have to find a different hotel for when I come back. This Hampton Inn - typical hotel for my travel - but it's below my executive standards. Why?

1. No refrigerator to store my high powered business snacks and execu-fuel.
2. Room is too small for pacing and re-creating my deal closing skills.
3. Evening cookies at the front desk were over-cooked and hard

Once again I'm chillin' at the Executive Lounge in the Pittsburgh airport, waiting for a flight to Nashville. I received exciting news that I am eligible for an upgrade to 1st Class on today's flight (where I of course belong). Unfortunately I think there's enough people ahead of me so I won't be able to move up, but it is the thought that counts. Hearing the news I felt "I knew they would recognize me as the important business traveller that I am". This validation is making the Yuengling taste just a little more refreshing and the complimentary Chex mix a little more satisfying. Things are on their way up and I know I will be making more and more profitable business transactions as the year progresses.

Hey everybody,

What's up? Y'all may know that I recently began a new job. The acceptance of this position marks my re-entrance into the full-time working population after more than 13 years (other than an 8 month period in 1998 waiting tables and renting cars at the airport). I know some of you are thinking, Greg, how can you do this? Won't your skin chafe when you finally remove your pajamas and put on a suit? Can you deal with being away from your couch all day? Did you think about how this will affect Mr. Droolface? These are serious issues, and I plan to address them and other pressing concerns here at Business N'At. I hop you join me on this wondrous journey.