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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

At Large Good Signs

Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:24 AM

At the Albany Marriott...

I looked around the hotel for freedom's backdoor without any luck. And at Albany International Airport...

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It's nice to know that Starbucks is still expanding somewhere.

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Shouldn't it be MEPC check-in, or am I missing something? It's going to be sunny with a high in the upper 60s in Baltimore today, Dan. You're welcome!

Posted by Balt-O-Matt on February 11, 2009 at 7:29 AM

I hope that I can post this means that Slog is now functioning as normal, all the technical issues have been solved. The picture of the irate man on the phone is too funny. Perhaps, I need more coffee?

Posted by kim on February 11, 2009 at 7:41 AM

Tell Albany to go fuck itself, I'm not paying my New York state tax. I refuse to give them 65 dollars for the worst year of my life - I'm walkin' right out freedom's front door.

Posted by rant on February 11, 2009 at 8:16 AM

If a Proposition 8 passing, gay-hating Marriott counts as expansion.

Posted by rod on February 11, 2009 at 8:19 AM

Balt-o-Matt, the military (and the government in general) is ALL about acronyms. Ones that you can pronounce as words are even better. Meps is a word; MEPC is not. :) When you enlist and go in for your entrance physical, you say that you're "going to Meps" (the "s" is for station). Not that you asked... :)

Posted by Old Mama Chips on February 11, 2009 at 8:46 AM

@4 Try reading the post again.

Posted by Renton Mike on February 11, 2009 at 9:02 AM

I think "Freedom's Back Door" opens onto a God-forsaken piece of desert realty halfway around the world.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 11, 2009 at 9:28 AM

dan...do you really think albany international should qualify as an international airport?

Posted by kimm on February 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM

@6 - Starbucks inside airports are "licensed concepts" are run under license by SedexhoMarriott or another similar company. Same goes for all the Starbucks found in grocery stores. It's not actually a Starbucks expansion - it's whoever owns the vending that has the license that is expanding.

Posted by JaneFyre on February 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM

Well, sure . . . They fly to Canada all the time, eh!

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM

Don't forget to stop by Troy and visit the 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division. I kid you not, Rainbow logo and all.

Posted by rainbows in the military, what next! on February 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM

The USAREUR patch takes the cake - it's a rainbow over a sword, and I wore it for two years. Yes, we did call it the gay pride patch. No, I'm not proud of that.

This post is hysterical if you're from the Albany area (as I am). I was processed through the Albany MEPS (Military Entry Processing Station) and have been through the (tiny) Albany International(!) Airport numerous times. I wish I had been at SUNY-A for the talk. Good times.

Posted by DCRJ on February 11, 2009 at 11:40 AM

dude, mormons own marriott...

Posted by joseph on February 11, 2009 at 12:27 PM

@13: I thought Sedexho was French.

Posted by Amelia on February 11, 2009 at 12:44 PM

The Albany Airport expanded a bunch about five years ago. It's still small, but it's no longer tiny.

And as for stopping by Troy...Look out for the falling buildings and the prostitutes who proposition you while you're carrying your baby. The public library is a great bit of architecture.

Posted by dwight moody on February 11, 2009 at 12:45 PM

Starbucks is the future®!

Posted by blackhook on February 11, 2009 at 2:28 PM