On a Phoenix to Tuscon flight, half the plane started cracking up when the flight attendant announced, “In the unlikely event of a water landing…”  The flight attendant protested that he had to say that, by law and he knows it is completely ridiculous to say. This video from College Humor …

Pizza in Motion asked me to be on his team and pull an airplane tomorrow.  Yes, a literal airplane. Read his post for more context. But in this case, I don’t think he’d mind me copying and pasting some of it, since it’s for charity. The donations to the American …

I’ve written about DuoLingo before, the free game-ified way of learning languages that I prefer to Rosetta Stone.  Here’s why I prefer it to Rosetta Stone. They just announced that they are releasing new languages. In addition to Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, German, Irish, Swedish, Dutch, and Danish, you can now learn: Turkish Esperanto Norwegian Ukrainian Hungarian Klingon …

I’d never really been an American Airlines flyer before the merger.  So it surprised me the first time I went into an American Admiral’s club and could order some food off a menu. For a cost, of course. Today, I am flying a couple of short flights that only qualify as …

Back before electronics were allowed during take off and landing, there were a lot of jokes about the damage an iPad or Kindle could do for your flight. (Language warning) But iPads delayed or sent planes back to the gate after the software pilots use crashed. According to re/code: Pilots …

Okay, this is seriously the coolest thing I’ve seen all day.  Mark Hamill on the set of Return of the Jedi with his family. And the award for the cutest photo goes to:   Since these photos’ competitor today was ham moving up an escalator, I think they win. Get …

Piggy-backing on Tiff’s #Tiffisajerk posts, I never know how to act in this situation. I’m all for letting the person in the middle seat have 100% of the arm rests.  But sometimes on flights, the person in the middle seat puts their arm over the arm rest and onto my leg, …

TripIt was highly recommended to me by some of my friends. It keeps tabs on your travels and alerts you if it doesn’t think you’ll make a connection. The pro-version even pulls up alternative flights. I went all in on the pro-version. After using it for some time, I’m definitely not …

I never quite realized how noisy an airplane is until I used a set of noise cancelling headphones for the first time. When I took them off after a nap, I worried that something went wrong.  Was there a breech in the fuselage?!  What’s that horrible sound? …oh, the engine. …

Each year, Hyatt runs a contest where students can design the labels for their house brand of wine, Canvas. The winning designs net a $5,000 scholarship for school, plus make their way onto the Hyatt bottles of wine. This year’s winners are especially good.     And my absolute favorite …