http://tarpification.tarpify.com The Life & Travels of Tarpy... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:41:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looks like someone's gonna get a promotion: The report said the pilot summoned several flight attendants to remove the co-pilot from the cockpit, and one flight attendant suffered an injured wrist in the struggle. Doctors from Britain and Canada on board determined that the co-pilot was confused and disoriented. The report did ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/19/movin-on-upto-the-east-seatfinally-getting-a-piece-of-the-fly/ Another newsletter, another doozy from my favorite spam apologist, in today's column, "Stupid Media Watch: A Canadian Logic 101 Failure," we learn that because spam doesn't reach a user's inbox, there's obviously no cost to anyone, anywhere because of spam: In its argument for a new Canadian anti-spam law, the article ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/18/ken-magill-does-not-understand-how-the-internet-works/ On the Interesting People list today was forwarded a note about the Keo Project, which hopes to launch a capsule into a long range orbit to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere over 50,000 years from now...a time capsule of a sort. What makes this project unique is that all people, great ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/17/is-there-nothing-more/ Stuck in-between the ever present Karrass Negotiation School ads (and does anyone actually go to those seminars?) and fluff pieces on god-knows what, I recently stumbled upon a really disturbing ad for "executive matchmaking" from Selective Search: First off, Barbie (come on, really?) looks waaaay too perky, then the somewhat insulting ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/17/let-us-help-you-find-your-perfect-stepford-wife/ It's good to see that there's finally a four-star female general, General Ann Dunwoody, the new Commanding General, Army Material Command. Congratulations General Dunwoody! Oh, and in case if any of you haters thought she made it as some HR fluff chick or something like that, check out her bio, she was ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/15/and-there-goes-the-brass-ceiling/ United,Priority AAccess,AA In yet another race to the bottom, United has now rolled out its answer to American's Priority AAccess. In the article, they quote Charles Cooper saying: By favoring some customers more than others—I am not talking about nice club amenities but rather ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/13/united-becomes-more-american/ I normally don't blog during work hours, as I think it's inappropriate to waste my employers time...however, I've been sick the last couple days and been working from home...that is, when my Comcast HSI connection likes to stay up. I've finally had it with Comcast, since we've moved into Chez Tarpy ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/13/comcast-is-evil-and-must-die/ Good god, everyone's getting on the PayPal bus...now I can buy a ticket on AA with PayPal: Now, I'm not disagreeing with this move by AA...heck, I think multi-channel payment is a good idea for pretty much everyone...good to see AA's trying to keep with the times. http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/12/ding-youre-now-free-to-click-here-to-pay-with-paypal/ Last night, Robbyn came up with a great drink idea: an "Effen Shirley Temple"; take a regular Shirley Temple and add a shot of Effen Black Cherry. Eric and I thought it was a capital idea, and whipped some up tonight, here's what it looks like: It was awesome, nice kickey ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/11/effen-shirley/ Long time ago I signed up for Columbia House's DVD club because, like everyone I wanted the six million DVDs for $0.01. Finally after getting the two or so I needed to fulfill the membership terms, I decided I wanted to cancel. Usually in the past you had to call and ... http://tarpification.tarpify.com/2008/11/10/columbia-house-dvd-club-you-can-checkout-any-time-you-like-but-you-can-never-leave/