I figured this out when I was fiddling around yesterday.

When you’re checking prices, the initial screen gives you a dropdown menu of departure and arrival cities.  It’s a limited list, and my airport of choice (Cedar Rapids) wasn’t included.  I picked the closest one (Des Moines) and filled in my request.

On the next screen, you get the price quotes, and you also get a link at the bottom that says “Start Over.”  The cool thing is, it’s not actually starting over; it takes you to another screen with similar tools to the first one, but instead of a dropdown menu for departure city, it’s just a text field.  Fill in your favorite airport code and dates, and you’ll get information for that city.

SAS is affiliated with United, so you can pick anywhere United flies.  Woot!

I’ve got to say, the new iPod Shuffle is super-cool.  I wish I had thought of the clipping mechanism.  My first-generation Shuffle already feels practically weightless, but the armband I wear while jogging is kind of annoying.  Sometimes it chafes me.  The clip is the perfect solution, except for nudist runners.  Which I am not.

I’m a little concerned about it being made of aluminum, though.  Doesn’t it get hot in the sun?

I’ve been feeling kind of in an exercise rut lately.  Somebody (yes, you, N.) suggested breaking up a daily workout into two chunks, the logic being that you get twice the post-workout elevated metabolism time.  I got up a few minutes early today and knocked out a mile and a half on the treadmill first thing.  It certainly put me in a better mood than I usually am in the morning, so that was nice.  Plus, it’ll seem like a treat tonight when I only have to do an abbreviated version of my typical run.

The only downside was that I didn’t want to have the TV on too loud and disturb Denny.  Did you know that the local morning news programs don’t seem to have closed captioning?  How rude.  I guess I’ll use my Shuffle next time.