When I booked my tickets to Detroit, the email confirmation read “Republic Airlines on behalf of United.” This made me frown slightly, for Republic is not among the airlines at my tiny Santa Barbara regional airport, nevermind...
Read MoreHey! Guess what! I’m going to Michigan this week! Right now, even, as this post goes up. Oh, how I wish I had a smartphone. If I did, I could use it to tweet things like, “Am sitting at airport bar.”...
Read MoreThere are those times when maybe, you’ve gone to a bar. Listen. Listen for a minute. This is just a hypothetical situation. Maybe a friend has left her old job for a new one. You know? So she calls a meeting of the minds....
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Oh, am I ever in a foul mood. I feel fouler than a duffle bag full of post-game rugby jerseys....
Read MoreHand to God, my father — my rational, mathematically-minded, hard science-loving, fiscally conservative Republican father — swears he saw a UFO. He was 17, and on the tractor. He’d just made a turn when he looked up and...
Read MoreSo I know that last week I was talking about making a Cure playlist, which I never did get around to. Then again, last week was also chilly and rainy. Right now, not so much. Yesterday afternoon, in fact, it got so hot (87° F)...
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