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- I'm always surprised to see how many people bring absolutely nothing to do on the plane. No books. No paper or magazine. Not even an iPod. The only good thing about air travel is the time for reading. And yet so many people have apparently nothing whatsoever to read for several hours on a plane. I might think these folks were mystics or quiet contemplatives looking forward to time in their own thoughts or with God, but no. They end up reading the in-flight pablum or the infernal Sky Mall magazine. Some resort to flipping through antiquated fold-outs of the DC-9. A pity. The Gideons really should branch out into the airline industry.
- It's hard not to watch some CNN while traveling, given its ubiquitous presence at airports. The thing I've noticed about new shows--besides the relentless "breaking news" about Michael Jackson's death--is that female anchors are almost all baritones. It's like you have no matter how feminine you look, you have to sound like the female version of James Earl Jones to be a top notch female anchor. Why not let the mom from What About Bob? do the news. Very peaceful.
- In the Seinfeld "What's the deal with..." category, why is it national news when any zoo in the country gets a new panda/gorilla/giraffe? Is this really news? Do the stations in Africa report every time someone gets a basset hound?
- On one of my flights the kids behind me sang "Chim chim-i-ney, chim chim-i-ney chim chim cher-ee" like 37 times. I'm not kidding. I started keeping track. As a parent of small children I probably should have been amused, but alas, indwelling sin prevented such charity.
- I've been in and out of the Minneapolis Airport dozens and dozens of times, and still I've never seen Piper there. What gives?
Speaking of What About Bob?...
"Is this corn hand-shucked?"
"I just never gave up hope."
