So, I like the 25 random things about me meme going around Facebook right now, but I hate having to nag people to publish it, so I’ll do it here…so without further ado, here’s 25 random things about me:

1. I once was thrown out of a country.

2. I’ve been on every continent except Antarctica.

3. On [...]

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Flew on AA mainline down to BNA tonight.
Here’s the obscenely lacking first class service we got:

Now what, you say, might I be complaining about…well the fact that it’s a Vodka Tonic because apparently it’s too damn hard to stock gin on an airplane these days.
I need my gin dammit! AA this anti-gin aggression [...]

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Not that this blog has many readers in Iowa (ok, a couple, but I know who they are), but I’m ready to make my official Tarpy selection for president.
And to the great shock of all who know me, Tarpify is proud to endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States.

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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 [...]

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