It started with a breeze, going through LAX’s check-in and security within 10 minutes (yes, 10 minutes), then running into Claudio Suarez and Ante Razov getting off the plane from their trip to Beantown.

Then I got into to Dallas and everything started to go to hell in a hand basket as Hurricane Ike has started to screw up air travel and ended up at the Crown Plaza in Seacaucus at 12.30am….. Thankfully the nicest woman in the world gave me a free Corona at the bar!