In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking….

In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Thinking….

• I’ve flown on four American Airlines flights since the declared bankruptcy, and the service has been excellent—I gave out four of my recognition certificates (American provides these to reward high service standards). The Admiral’s Club managers, baggage handlers, red caps, gate agents, flight crew—all great. Maybe bankruptcy is the permanent way to go….

• If “get rich quick” schemes were valid (in real estate, rare stamps, or multi-level marketing) why do the perpetrators have to advertise their wares? Shouldn’t they be wealthy and simply pursuing their interests instead of filming infomercials and sending junk mail?

• Why does it cost more to get on an airplane at the last minute, precisely when they should want to fill the seats before the plane takes off?

• I’d love someone to do an exposé on every media person who is digging up dirt on every public figure they can. Now THAT would be a reality show.

• I tend to shudder whenever some mediocre singers refers to themselves as “artists” and their voices as their “instrument.”

• Alec Baldwin has anger management issues (as does most of his family) that could fill the year of seven psychiatrists. He said he was leaving the country if George W. Bush was elected, but from what I can see, he’s still here. This latest bit on the airplane with his electronic game is most revealing about this: He revels in excoriating working class people—flight attendants, coffee shop servers, and the like, who make a fraction of his bloated income. He’s a huge bully, and almost all bullies are driven by a deep sense of inferiority and insecurity (trying to drag you down to their own perceived level of inadequacy). Someone ought to ask this guy to step outside during the flight.

• The demise of the euro began as soon as the UK was allowed in the community but excepted from using the common currency. The euro will not be here a year from now in its current form.

• I actually heard someone the other day, in a frenzy of excruciating political correctness, declare she was “child free.” Does that mean I’m “child burdened”? (If everyone were “child free” we wouldn’t have to worry about the economic future, because in another generation only the insects would be here to worry about it.)

• My nomination for the most boring professional sport is now NBA basketball, where everyone is playing for themselves, common violations such as walking and carrying the ball are never called, and watching a bunch of giant guys elbowing around the basket makes croquet seem more thrilling.

• My car dealer just delivered my car back to my home after a routine servicing. Yet the only food I can get delivered is Italian or Chinese. Why don’t restaurants band together, form a common delivery service, and provide more options? They do it in New York, but then again, they’re probably afraid not to there.

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