Archive | December, 2004

Notes On A Nutty Year

2004 was a year of peril for the airlines, that’s for sure. Bankruptcies. Liquidations. Kate Spade uniforms on Song. There were fare wars, air rage, security tensions, body-cavity searches (oops, I’m getting a little ahead of myself—that’s 2005), and of course the omnipresent “job actions.” Now don’t get me wrong, I think everyone is entitled [...]

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Stupid Travelers

Stupid people are everywhere. Just look around and you will see that oh, about 90 percent of the population is a solid 30 points below you on the Stanford-Binet. And nowhere is that more true than when you travel. It never ceases to amaze me how clueless people can be. It seems that each day [...]

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