Greetings from Chicago O’Hare. My flight to Toronto got cancelled, so here I am. It’s annoying, but not super-stressful; I’ll get there eventually, and the main conference doesn’t start till tomorrow anyway, so I won’t miss anything important. It would be worse if my flight back from Toronto had problems, since it’s crucial that I get back to Chicago on time to get through customs, get back to the main check-in area, and get checked in on SAS for my connection to Stockholm. I’ve got a couple of hours’ leeway, so unless there are serious delays out of Toronto, I should be OK.

I’m on standby for a flight at 1:30, which would be decent; if I can’t get on that one, I’m confirmed on a flight at 3:30. To that end, I splurged on the $6.95 wireless Internet access. I figure if I’m going to be stuck here for another 4 hours, I’m going to blow through all the books and magazines I have budgeted for the entire trip, including the Norway part.

A serious problem at this airport is the lack of outlets. Don’t they realize that laptops need juice? I may take a walk around and try to find one of the coveted seats near outlets, since the 1:30 isn’t even on the monitors yet.

*sigh*