A few pictures.

The first is a picture of the Int'l Speedway as best I could frame it from the parking lot of the motel. The second a shot of Daytona Beach's, um, highway. (i.e. Driving on the beach). The third a shot of the Daytona Beach Pier (about half the size it was prior to Hurricane Floyd in 1999). The third a shot down the boardwalk between the palm trees.

In Orlando

So I'm sitting in Orlando's airport right now, by a fountain, being overlooked by the Hyatt Hotel on site. It's two hours or so now until my plane takes off. Here are some observations from my trip to Daytona Beach:

1. Daytona Beach has a large race track.
2. The beach has a lot of sand, but it's hard and flat
1. (Look both ways before crossing the beach...since part of the beach is a road and parking lot...and no, I did not almost get hit).
3. The sea breeze was nice, but I imagine it could get rather warm down there.
   
4. The job seems fine, and they seem interested in me. I could see myself living down here/there, but it's not my first choice. It is fairly centrally located and I could live farther in in Deland or out in Daytona Beach.
   
1. I'm still holding out hope for Wendell NC, Savannah GA (though I think that may have passed me by), Chesterfield Co. VA, Tuscaloosa (there are apparently a lot of applicants for that job...), and Matthews NC.
5. It cost $3 in tolls to get from Daytona to Orlando (and vice versa).
6. My bag nearly ended up going on a trip to London, England this afternoon. Details at eleven (or later, whichever comes first).
   

That's about it for right now. Still waiting for about another half hour or so before I try and tackle security. (well, not tackle security, I actually meant go through security).

One more...

So I have one more lecture in my college years. My Tuesday night class is not meeting this week as Dr. Han is out of town, indeed, nearly out of continent at the national AAG conference in San Francisco this week. April 24 is the next class meeting. May 1st the class has project presentations. May 8th (I believe) is the final exam.

It's almost monumental in my life, but I think circa 8:30pm next Tuesday will be just that.

No job search update...

Tuscaloosa still hasn't posted the job officially, waiting to hear back from Savannah/Atlanta, Volusia Co. (need to get application in), and going to work on the Matthews NC application hopefully a bit this evening.

I was right

It's official now, Dr. Han will be the new head of the Geography Dept. as of August. Again, it doesn't impact me a bit, but it is now officially what I expected. (Recall post from 2/17).

http://www.as.ua.edu/geography/news.htm

Born 1961--so just turned 46--still fairly young.

PhD from Nebraska in 1994, Assistant professor at UA 1994 - 1999, Associate professor 1999 - 2005, Professor 2005 - present (all post PhD teaching positions at UA). He's been setting himself up for this position for a while now.

Interviews

Interviews:

Huntsville (3/15)
Daytona Beach (4/13)
Savannah (4/5)

All phone so far.