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Breaking Bad: The Belt Buckle Version
September 19, 2012
What with all the recent antics involving Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney and the rise in women being encouraged to eat their placentas after giving birth, I totally forgot about one of the most memorable airport experiences I had on this most recent trip to Turkey. It occurred on the first leg of my journey, at […]
Travelling Light: No Suitcase and At Times, No Plane
September 12, 2012
Actual conversations held between 8/31/12 and 9/10/12 between an unnamed, not- famous-but-should-be blogger (LBL) and various representatives of airlines and airport security: 8/31/12 Frankfort, Germany LBL: Why have we been sitting at the gate for three hours? Lufthansa Rep: We are on strike. LBL: But I flew from DC to Frankfort. LR: We weren’t on strike […]
Thanksgiving in London and Paris: Snuggling Babies Across Borders
November 12, 2011
(The following is the third in my new series, “Old Posts to Dredge out on Slow Weekends Because When I Posted Them Originally People Cared More About the Economy and World Peace Than My Blog.” Although nothing has changed, it’s the start of a slow weekend.) I spent last Thanksgiving in London with my daughter, son-in-law, and brand […]
Passenger Creates Kindle Mayhem on Transatlantic Flight
March 25, 2011
My flight back from London was uneventful except for one item of note. At some point during the trip, I fell asleep and was awakened by a loud clunk. When my brain cleared, I realized my Kindle must have slid off my lap. I then proceeded to do the Airline Dance in which one attempts to […]
The Room You Never Want to Go Into
December 5, 2010
I seriously hate beating dead horses. And I don’t know why anyone would want to do that anyway, but apparently there must have been a time in the past when people actually did beat dead horses, or the phrase never would have come into existence. Did they do it or fun on the farm? […]
Trading Spaces
September 14, 2010
My good friend Jean is in love with Prague (as in The Czech Republic). She wanted to go for an extended visit of one month and had a brilliant idea how to get free housing. She registered her home in Florida on a site called “I’ll Live In Your House and You Can Live in […]
Mayhem in the Air
August 9, 2010
My daughter, son-in-law, and grandson arrived on Saturday from London, via British Airways. Before heading to the airport, I checked in with the BA website. I clicked the “Information” button in order to check if there were changes in the arrival time. The first option was “Cabin Crew Dispute.” The choices under that category were […]
Woman Drives 900 Miles Out of Her Way After GPS Error
January 16, 2013
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When this blogger saw the above headline on Yahoo News, she was sure the article was written about her. But a quick check of her surroundings informed her that she was, as usual, seated in front of her laptop, wearing her pajamas. She breathed a sigh of relief and wrote the following in response to […]