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...jet-wise. A couple quick notes after touchdown.

The most important thing to report is that Internet access is limited until I sniff around and find a jumping on point.

Last night made a breathtaking night to arrive. The moon shone onto a scrim of clouds. Searchlights played against them from below. The city spread out like big flat city. Why does it look so good on film? Michael Mann, David Lynch, how’d you do that?

By the time I reached my downtown hotel, I found myself asking questions about people on foot, who look odder than two people sighted beside cars engaged in conversation on the shoulder of the 110 freeway. “I wonder what’s wrong with that guy’s car?” You never know where that kind of reverie will lead!