Ugh, December 31 is always a sad day because tomorrow YTD numbers all flip back to 0, and that re-qualification monkey is back at work on my back…feh…the only bright spot to this is that I’ll make lifetime AAdvantage Gold in ‘08 .
Here today, gone tomorrow:
As seen today at the Jewel, Valentine’s Day candy is already up BEFORE the New Year.
This crazy drive of moving the holiday’s up to start before the current holiday is over has got to stop!
GREAT blog entry in the NYT’s Jet Lagged blog entitled: The Airport Security Follies written by a commercial pilot. He calls shenanigans on TSA’s Kabuki performance otherwise known as “airport security.”
I strongly encourage people to read this…some highlights:
“No matter that a deadly sharp can be fashioned from virtually anything found on a plane, be it [...]
Granted that’s a loaded title, but this article from the Chicago Tribune basically proves the point.
Let’s recap:
Elderly cancer patient isn’t able to get her chemo prescription during business hours. Out of pills, she calls the building caretaker as an emergency to open the office to get her the pills that are keeping her alive. Condo [...]
I met up with Jim and Marsha tonight in Boca to have dinner with them…they took me to Ben’s Kosher Deli (of NY). Of course I had to get the brisket.
Waaay too bright of a sign
mmmm…brisket.
So, the rap on Florida, is that it’s not the South…and by, and large, I’ve found that to be true of the coasts, and distinctly untrue of the middle of the state (say, for instance, Mulberry).
However, as seen in Fort Myers this week these lovely bumper stickers:
They’re not the clearest, so this is what they [...]
The deck was rather low today out of ORD, and as we poked through, we had the top of the Sears Tower the only thing showing up above the deck:
Um, this was between Tampa and Fort Myers…I have no idea what it is, except perhaps some developer wanted to create a crop circle housing development:
And [...]
Here’s a rare shot of Noah McLeod singing the one, the only, the Hanukkah Song:
Lyrics
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Hanukkah;
Hanukkah, [...]
Compared to used cars salesmen, liquor salesmen come up a distinct second in the “scummiest salespeople around” contest, but every once in a while, they come up with a doozie.
Turning the TarpificationSat to Tennessee, we see Diageo Brands (faux) pleading with consumers to wait out the current supply shortage of Dickel Whisky No. 8….a shortage [...]