Southwest has free wireless on some flights, and free beer on st patrick's day.

Why do people fly other airlines?

I heard an interesting comment on NPR this morning and would like more information from someone knowledgeable. One of the commentators said, "We're in a credit crisis, and every dollar borrowed by the Federal Government to pay 'economic stimulus' is a dollar that's not available to be borrowed by anyone else ( Read more... )

I'm starting to think that the warning cries about how this financial mess will bring doom to the average American are unfounded. I also can't muster any sympathy for the majority of the foreclosure cases ( Read more... )

I just saw that a group of "concerned consumers" are pushing to increase the design factor of car roofs from 1.5 to 2.5. Their claim is that it will prevent 14 to 18 rollover deaths per year. It's also going to probably add 200-400 lbs to your average car ( Read more... )

A job well done, or so I was told. Time to go home. If you don’t hear from me for the next couple days, don’t worry, I’m alright, I’m just probably sleeping in some mil-air terminal waiting for my connection somewhere.

It’s been fun. In the 6 months here, this place has gone from no contractor tracking whatsoever to 95% accountability (the best ( Read more... )

Nothing like the feast we had Christmas or Thanksgiving, but people still celebrated. Or at least I assume they did, since someone stole a HMMWV, smashed it into a concrete barrier, and left it in front of my hut. I woke up at 4 am with one of those sickening feelings of something suffering, looked outside, and saw I was right. Poor HMMWV was ( Read more... )

If I assigned much significance to the holiday I might come up with a touching piece paralleling the True Meaning of Christmas™ with my experience here in Iraq. But I never did find much meaning in the holiday beyond it being an opportunity to spend time with family and friends. If I had to describe a true meaning, it would be something along ( Read more... )

The news that Saddam was caught spread quickly, and it certainly cheered everyone up. We'll see what the effect of it is.

I had started to write something about why people shouldn't listen to the news, but I have actually found myself busy lately. And not busy swatting flies, in fact, the flies are getting a bit thick. I'll eventually post ( Read more... )

MWR is the acronym for the Army’s official fun sources such as TVs, pool tables, exercise equipment, etc. You can go to the “MWR”, a building showing movies and offering places to work out or just hang out. Or there’s the “MWR tent”, a smaller version, often with just weights and a stereo, maybe a TV too. I’m not exactly a TV fan, and I do most ( Read more... )

1. Mail has been effectively ceased, haven't seen any packages in several days.

2. Galoshes are good. I can forgive alot about the army, because they have issued me such cool galoshes.