I love when you travel somewhere and you meet totally new, interesting people. The first place that starts is the airplane. Sometimes people that sit next to me on the airplane are just really chatty people, and by the end of your flight you feel like you know their whole life story. Last month when I flew to Las Vegas I met some guy who manufactures end mills. He owns the factory, and was going to Las Vegas for some type of hardware convention. We both talked about how if you have to travel somewhere for work, Las Vegas is sure hard to beat. Not only do you get to expense your plane tickets, hotel and food, but you get to be in Las Vegas. A free ticket to Las Vegas is really hard to beat. One time when I was camping in Florida I met a couple of people a few years younger than me that attended Florida State. We were camped next to each other, and got to talking and found out that we were all journalists. Now we stay in touch, and often do some writing projects together. It is funny how you go from being complete strangers to working together, but I guess that is just how it works sometimes.