east bound

i'm heading to the east coast  today. my father is turning 80 in a few days and i'm ready to be overrun by much fun, frolicking, and feasting with friends and family. i have (as usual) overpacked and along with a stack of magazines, plan on re-reading reza aslan's no god but god (to better understand the possible implosion of the evolving arab spring) and the righteous mind by jonathan haidt (to better understand the possible imploding and evolving politics of it all).
seat belts fastened - ready for takeoff.