Recently,  a passenger went on a crime spree on an airplane, stealing the flight attendant’s carry-on and a passenger’s passport and credit cards. This story got passed around a lot.  I saw it showing up on my Facebook feed pretty often, with friends warning everyone to keep a better eye …

The Whole Foods across the way from me has a wine bar in it.  And I’m not embarrassed to admit I’ve gone there to have a drink or two from time to time. But Keri told me about another Whole Foods by me that does this one better. I stopped …

With all the weather difficulties in Dallas, a lot of people have gotten stuck.  Including, the Minnesota Twins’ Trevor Plouffe. Plouffe had separated from his team to attend a funeral, but found himself stuck in DFW for a while when trying to get to Cleveland. From the Star Tribune: Trevor …

Someone asked me if I’d also write about some crazy stories I’ve had from my bartending days. I have quite a lot.  And I’m sure I’ll remember more over time. But one story represents a common theme I experienced in bars a lot. One place I worked in was a …

Once, I was eating dinner in an Irish pub with some work contacts.  None of us were particularly good friends–we were just together because we had participated in an event together. One of the girls mused, I love this bar!  Then shoved her beer glass in her purse. On the …

As I mentioned before, my brand new laptop died a fiery non-eventful death. Turns out it was a few days past the store return policy, so I had to send it to the manufacturer for repair. I reached out on Twitter, but after not hearing anything, I called the company on …

I wrote before that the script of Airplane! was basically lifted directly from the movie, Zero Hour! My post today referencing Airport (another influence of Airplane!) inevitably lead me down a YouTube trail of clips and doom.  Well, minus the doom. And I came across this awesome video mashup of …

I was writing the other day about this amazing case that will keep your phone charged on the go. The only problem is that’s a Kickstarter and totally not out yet. The problem I have with portable charges is that they are bulky and hard to slip into a pocket. …

I wrote about a cryptic message that FourSquare posted a few weeks ago that suggested they were bringing back the things we loved about FourSquare before they Swarmed it up. They said gamification was coming back but they didn’t say in what form.  I was hoping for the old style …

Surely you can’t be serious. I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley. According to USA Today’s Kim Wendel: A Jet Airways flight from Bangkok to Delhi had to make an emergency landing after the captain fell ill and, as a doctor was tending to him, another passenger was helping …