These days I write all day every professionally, and that means I don't really write that much for other reasons.

But when I was younger and dumber, I would write articles, for fun and practice, that I would measure in time, not words.

A five-minute article would take five minutes. A 50-minute story would take 50 minutes. And so on.

This is a five-minute article, probably less than that actually, because my flight isn't due to leave before an hour and a half, and boarding will only start in 45 minutes, but for some reason I'm still supposed to 'GO TO GATE'.

Well I am 'at gate', what now?

People are standing in line, which is probably one of the things I hate the most, only to get into the gate and then they still have to wait because boarding, again, will only start in 45 minutes.

What's the point?

Mind you, I'm not smarter than them, am I?

Because I'm writing this while sipping Caffè Nero coffee, an espresso, which cost me €4.54.

Well, see you in about 11 hours.