What a day. In Washington, D.C., Dan Choi got arrested while protesting Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He is awesome. Joe Solomonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign, was too busy hanging out with Kathy Griffin to get himself arrested. When you make over $300,000, there are important parties and functions to attend to. And the handcuffs probably didn't match his tie.A coyote caught one of the squirrels that played outside my office window.While that was going on, retired General John Sheehan was testifying that the reason 8,000 Muslims were murdered by Serbs back in 1997 was ... 
It took me less than five minutes to complete my United States census form for 2010. It was a complete disappointment. Ten questions. Seventy two years from now, in 2082, people will know my name, birthdate, self-identified race, telephone number (will they even have those then?), and the fact that I have a mortgage on my house.I was expecting that they would want to know my occupation, birth place, and whether I liked Lady Gaga or not.I use census records a lot while doing genealogy research. here is an example from 1870, with my great-great grandparents Elijah and Edna listed. ... 
The first thing you find out when you become a flight attendant is to the expect the unexpected. What should have been a simple 2-day trip, which I able to shorten to a one day became such a headache.
Enroute to my Hotel
I was awarded a two day trip that started with a deadhead to New York on Saturday and working one flight to LAX Sunday morning. When you deadhead they send you as a passenger to a city to position you to work a flight, I waived my deadhead flight and decided to self-deadhead myself to New York as ...
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Sometimes a picture can tell lots of thousands of words. In the following picture Kevin Garns, the 55-year-old Republican Majority Leader for the Utah House of Representatives, has just confessed to climbing naked into a hot tub with a 15-year-old girl in the mid-1980s. She was his employee. He was married. He claims nothing happened. He paid her $150,000 in eight years to shut her up. Uh huh. That's $51.37 a day to keep her little mouth tight. Mike Terry, Deseret News. Surrounding Garn are his wife (ugly green dress) and nine other individuals, all busy clapping their ... 
After lunch at Rosa's, where a pair of hot daddies distracted me, I took Mummy to Sweetwater Wetlands for a walk. I have been encouraging her to walk more, and that has worked. Today's walk was slightly over .6 miles.I can never get her to look at the camera.We saw American Coot, American widgeons, mallards, northern shovelers, killdeer, swallows, a tiny yellow finch, and turtles.Mistake picture.At one spot the turtles were so close, I wanted to grab them and put them in my bathtub.Turtles. (click to see mega version!)This was more exciting than what I did in ...
It's the 12th. That means it's time for 12 of 12. Whee!
1:15 AM
Lately, I've been a night owl; staying up way too late and getting little sleep. I need to fix this.
7:35 AM
Coordination.
7:48 AM
Fridge Magnets. The proximity of the Frida Kahlo magnet to the cat butt magnet is neither a statement about Kahlo, nor the cat butt.
8:51 AM
Fridays are Snack Days at work. A group of people take turns bringing in snacks for everyone in the group to eat. Today's snack was S'mores.
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You would think that being a flight attendant I’d be on time for my flight to Newark, NJ. I didn’t have to be there to work the flight but as an “other airline nonrev” I can check in with the gate agent one hour prior to departure, and, with how full New York City area flights usually get, I definitely wanted to get there and put my name on the standby list as soon as possible. The flight was scheduled to leave at 4:05pm MST, but I could have sworn it was supposed to leave at 4:30pm. So, I showed ... Flag post
Commercial airline flights are more crowded than ever due to a reduction in aircraft and routes because of the economy. That results in fewer frequencies to popular destinations, making the flights that are operating even more crowded. Although airplanes are crowded, you should not forget to be courteous to your fellow traveler. These are a few tips I’ve come up with over the past week that should make the skies a better place for everyone. Especially since the news about what’s been happening up there has been quite weird recently!
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And the Oscar for Best Rage-Inducing Meringue of 2010 goes to....Tart and sweet.I watched the Amazing Race and made a pie instead of watching the Oscars. Today seems like it has dragged on forever, a combination of a back ache and rain and more back ache. Perhaps a piece of pie will make things better. ...
Say hello to my weekly news round-up, brought to you by the crazy people who fly, flight attendant’s who probably shouldn’t be, and the twilight zone, because we all know even if things are going smoothly, crazy things do happen!
This Week in the Cabin two flight attendants in Rochester, NY got into in argument which eventually canceled their flight. A Delta Connection flight from Rochester to Atlanta, operated by Pinnacle Airlines, returned to the gate after push back when a passenger became ill. It’s unclear what prompted the fight but passengers alleged that the fight became physical, and thats when the Captain ... Flag post 
A couple of days ago John called me from Phoenix to alert me that plans were underway to celebrate Jeffrey's birthday. So at noon we gathered at El Charro's restaurant (east side location), and had some delicious Mexican food (as opposed to the horrendous Macayo's nastiness).John and birthday boy Jeffrey.I well remember meeting Jeffrey on New Year's Eve 1996. I was instantly enamored with his personality and looks. When he went away in the spring of 1997 to the Peace Corps to Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), I was very sad. He came back to Tucson and he has ... 
Brad, of PopSlingers Paradise, posted about this club and I just had to myself.
The “Flight Attendant Appreciation Club,” or FAAC, was founded by a man named Craig. Flying from San Francisco to London in Business Class on a lightly booked flight, the passengers and crew were joking around. One passenger made the comment that “each passenger could have their own flight attendant” since there were more of them than passengers. The crew heard the comment and decided to play along, and each one attended to one or two passengers.
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Post 2027. Finishing up a report at work. Spring time and the animals are out. I can hear the ground squirrels squeaking outside my window. A group of large hawks are flying around outside. Lots of bunnies hopping around the parking lot at work. I hope the coyotes don't eat them.Bunny.Speaking of bunnies, somebody's formerly tame rabbit has been visiting my backyard.Bunny!I gave it some celery to eat. I hope it comes back. ...
