To those not aware, I’m in the process of making my way over to France to harass my brother, who’s studying abroad, for a week. The first leg of my journey had me traveling from Nashville to Houston on a small commuter jet, and now I’m sitting at George Bush Intercontinental Airport waiting for five hours for the flight to Paris. I’ve only been here an hour or so now and I’ve noticed a few things I wanted to point out.

While on the approach to Houston, I looked down out the window and noticed this sign staring right back at me:

It would appear to be an advertisement for a local golf course to air travelers flying in on the major approach path to IAH. I sat and thought about this for a second, and I came to this conclusion: “Why don’t I see this more often?” You’d think in this world of ads and commercials this would be just another common sight. I don’t necessarily want to encourage such advertisements, nor does this ad make me want to grab the sticks and head out to slam in nine holes, but I will give props to unique advertising. Clever work Tour 18, clever work.

After landing at the airport in IAH’s terminal B, or as I like to call it, “The Land That Time Forgot”, I decided to take the tram to Terminal C and walk the rest of the way to my gate in Terminal E. I had plenty of time to kill and decided to stroll through the old terminal that I used to fly out of so many times to see what kind of changes had been made over the past few years. For one, they’ve added one of those iPod vending machines that you’ll occasionally see in malls and department stores. This particular machine also sold digital cameras and iPod accessories, but who impulse buys an iPod at the airport? And even if you did, how would you charge and load it up with any significant amount of music and power before your flight? I feel like this machine should take a photo of people who buy an iPod and post it on some wall of shame somewhere.

That’s all I’ve got so far, we’ll see what else I encounter during my travels.