See "The Other Guys"

If you're a fan of Will Farrell, see "The Other Guys." Very funny. But I think Mark Wahlberg, despite playing the straight man, helps to steal the show. Also, very good ensemble cast with good cameos.

Worthless Offsites

How many ill conceived and poorly executed off-sites can one person attend in a year? I'm about to find out with another one this Thursday.

It's on culture. You want to fix culture. Start at the top. How do you kill a snake? Cut it's head off. When people see bad behavior tolerated and not admonished, it is just monkey see, monkey do. That's what we're dealing with.

AA Sucks

So, I've finally almost got 25,000 miles to get a free ticket. My wife agrees to transfer some of her miles to me.

AA charges a fee to transfer miles. Why? Is there some processing cost I'm unaware of? Ok, I'll grant them that. The kicker? The transfer cost is variable. What does that mean? They provide a scale. The more miles you transfer, the higher the cost. WHAT?! Are you telling me that AA's cost are higher if they are transferring 750 miles v. 500 miles? Unbelievable.

And that's supposed to be their "loyalty" program?!!

Airlines - flying the hellish skies

The airlines have managed to suck any joy out of travel. The biggest offenders are the legacy carriers - Delta, US, United, American, Northwest. I don't have a beef with JetBlue or Southwest. They walk the walk. However, all the big carriers pay lip service to customer care, but don't do anything to demonstrate it. Their flight attendants are old and surly and aren't interested in making the flight more enjoyable.

When was the last time you walked up to the check-in counter at one of the legacy carriers to try and catch an earlier flight and all they did was ask for your boarding card, id and then printed out a new boarding card - like Southwest does. The big guys are just out to nickel and dime you to death with fees for everything.

Hilary or the Highway to Canada?

Here's a choice:

If Hilary was elected President, would you remain a U.S. citizen or apply for citizenship to another country?

Why do I think Hilary would be a terrible President? She doesn't have the temperament. She's petty, spiteful and vindicative. She won't try to reach across the aisle to work with Republicans, she'll just climb into bed with Feinstein and Pelosi and take potshots at the Republicans.

Additionally, the Republicans are going to look at her high negatives and not have any motivation to work with because they'll assume they can make her a one term President.

Joe Kennedy - Too Soon

Was listening to the Jim Rome radio show, guest hosted by Jay Mohr, when Jay read the breaking news that major league baseball pitcher Joe Kennedy had died unexpectedly at the age of 28 (I think). Jay's comment was, "he died of mediocrity" which was followed, after a quick pause, by "too soon."

Timing's everything Jay. If you have the chance to hear Jay host the Jim Rome show, definitely tune in. He was incredibly funny.

Great book and not as blasphemous as it sounds

Just finished reading a great book: "Lamb: The Gospel According to Jesus' Childhood Pal, Biff"
Very funny and not as blasphemous as it sounds. The book is narrated by Biff who's brought back to life to write the gospel that covers Jesus' life from 8-9 years old up to cruxifiction (sp). Definitely check it out.