60-second tip: Don’t be “gate lice”
Sometimes the most difficult part of boarding an airplane is getting past “gate lice,” the barrier of idiots who crowd around before their number has been called. And there’s a chance you might be one....
View ArticleAre airlines going to measure your “personal item”?
For every action (airlines charging for checked bags), there is an equal and opposite reaction (fliers trying to cram steamer trunks into the overhead bin). And it wouldn’t take Sir Isaac Newton, or...
View ArticlePhones in flight? Charge $100 a minute
With the FAA considering a proposal to allow cell phone calls during flights above 10,000 feet, it might be again time to ask ourselves one question: How bad can it be to take the bus? Or the train?...
View ArticleMonumental reminder of Memorial Day
As a culture, we are particularly skilled at losing touch with the original meaning of things, especially when it comes to holidays. The Easter Bunny and colored eggs? Seriously? And the best example...
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