Flying

Winter Wonderland

After a long Pay Per View week, all everyone wants to do is get home. The first leg of my flight home, from Indianapolis to Cincinnati, was scheduled to leave at seven this lovely winter morning. Mother Nature had other plans, dumping seventy million tons of snow on the Hoosier state...

Smokin’ is Allowed on Delta

Delays, lost luggage and ridiculous security procedures are all part of the reality of air travel now. Thankfully, Delta Airlines has recently given me something to look forward to on their flights. Meet Deltalina, the sexy star of Delta’s new pre-flight safety video. This little...

Travel Hell

Fog. It could’ve been something exotic, like escaped snakes, or exciting, like an exploded engine, or at least something interesting, like, say, a tornado. But it wasn’t. It was fog. Tiny droplets of water suspended in the early morning sky conspiring to make my first air...

Planespotting

The Show that Never Ends is in Chicago today, at the Allstate Arena. One of the best features of this arena is the TV trucks park outside. Another of the best features of this arena is it is located a quarter of a mile from the end of one of the busiest runways at the busiest airport in...

Waiting for Takeoff

I was sound asleep, until the announcement woke me up. I glanced out the window, and noticed we were on the ground. I wasn’t sure if we were still here, or if we’d left here and already gotten there. I must’ve been nearly unconscious. A big bear of a man was standing in...