I am fascinated by chain-letter type spam because it shows just how gullable people can be. In my junk mail folder this morning, was a message with a subject “FW: FW: This is SOOOOOOO Creepy” and the gist of the message was that if you read the entire message and made a wish, your wish…
On a lighter note, we had, on the flight home yesterday, about the funniest pilot I’ve ever heard in my life. While people were still boarding, he got on the microphone and did a “stand up” routine of which George and Gracie would have been proud. He sounded like a stand-up comic. He had a…
Although I am one who benefits from being a member of United’s “elite” program (Premier, Premier Executive, etc.) it is hard for me to take such a program as anything other than a perquisite given to frequent business travelers as a way of recognizing their business. Certainly, I don’t think it makes me innately better…
I had a very nice afternoon and evening with Andy and Mandy today. They picked me up at the hotel at about 1 PM and we headed to Westwood for lunch at In’n’Out which I have been craving since my last In’n’Out meal back at the beginning of March. We then headed back into the…
I actually did some writing today, for the first time in a little while. I am still stuck on “Graveyard Shift” so I switched to another story. I rewrote the first 1,000 words of “If By Reason of Strength…” and I am pleased with what I wrote. While writing that, I jogged loose some ideas…
Because my plane tickets for this trip were purchased so late, I got an awful seat on my return flight tomorrow, 31C, which, on a 757 is the very last row. I had upgraded coming out, and put in an upgrade request going home, but my request for the return flight was waitlisted. This morning,…
Once again, gas prices are climbing and approaching all-time highs and that is good. It is not good for the commuter, of course, especially those of lower incomes who, having to choose between medication for their children or gas to get them to their job, can ill afford to give up either. But it is…
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
On my way into work this morning, I was walking along 4th toward Pico and spotted a squirrel sitting next to the base of a palm tree, eating. I slowed my pace so as not to scare the thing away, however, as I passed him, he didn’t budge. He just kept on with his breakfast…
I just got back from El Cholo, a Mexican restaurant in Santa Monica having spent the last 4 hours or so there with friends from work. During that time, I consumed four Cadalac Margaritas, which is a record for me. I had a great deal of difficulty leaving the restuarant, in particular, walking in a…