This may be old news to some folks in larger cities or those who visit bigger airports frequently, but I saw an iPod vending machine in the Indianapolis airport over the weekend. I’m not kidding, you can swipe your credit card in the machine and get your very own iPod nano or shuffle. I think it’s a great idea for the last minute gift, but imagine the disappointment when someone buys one of these for their flight only to realize that it not only needs to be charged but it also contains no music. Next up, kiosks to purchase songs to fill up your mp3 players.

We spent the past weekend back in Cincinnati. It was nice to be back and to see my family and friends again, although the trip flew by and I was back on a place to KC before I knew it. We arrived late on Friday and went immediately to the Hais house. We spent an hour or so socializing with Kim’s family and then headed to bed shortly after that.

Saturday we headed down to the University of Cincinnati campus for the Battle For The Bell I mentioned last week. My parents met up with us there along with some of Kim’s cousins and other family. Luckily we were there to witness the Bearcats victory and thus the return of the Victory Bell to Cincinnati. In addition to the game we also spent some time on campus. Kim’s brother Chris is a high school senior and is considering UC for college next year. I swear that every time I get on campus something has changed, and these aren’t minor changes. For one thing, new buildings just rise out of nowhere. It really is turning into a great campus.

Later in the evening we had dinner with my parents, Tim, and a couple of his buddies at Max & Erma’s. It’s been a long time since I’ve been there, but the food was just as good as I remembered. Maybe one day they’ll open a location in KC. Then even later in the night we met up with some of my friends at the Village Tavern. The downstairs was much noisier than I ever remember it being, so we spent the entire night at the upstairs bar. It was a good night out, and great to see some old friends.

Sunday we headed back to the Hais’ for Kim’s brother Nick’s birthday party. He turned six and among the items on his wish list was a laptop. Sounds like my kind of kid! We spent an hour at the party and before it was over had to leave to get to the airport. Luckily we will be back in a couple of weeks.