Just last week, Keri wrote on a flight being diverted due to a fight over the use of a Seat Defender–a tool that prevents the seat in front of you from reclining. Now, the Washington Post reports on yet another fight:  This time, a Delta Air Lines flight from New York’s …
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Get $10 back on $10 spend on Rakuten, includes existing users
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Act Now: Free JetBlue Ticket When You Buy Board Game (for $20)
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My Talk Today at the Library
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Even More Amazing: WEST COAST TO PARIS for less than $400 on American
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Support a Good Cause While Someone Else Does a Polar Plunge
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When Is It Okay to Switch Into PJs on a Flight?
On a day flight from Europe to the US, my mother and I marveled at the number of people who switched into (other airline) pajamas for the trip.  Since this was a day flight, it’s the type of flight you don’t want to fall asleep on in order to adjust back …
Read More »External USB Charger on Sale
Amazon has an external USB charger at a steep discount today. This USB charger is marked down from the Amazon price of $39 to $19.95. It’s available in multiple colors and is cheaper than other external chargers I’ve bought. From the reviews, it is important to understand the instructions in …
Read More »Huge Warning for Using Priority Pass Select
The Priority Pass Select card is free with the American Express Platinum Card and allows you into even more lounges than the Platinum Card alone. The only difficulty with the card is that it only includes ONE person. Â Guests cost an extra amount of money. This is why I paid …
Read More »Hotel Fire—Well… THAT Happened
The official hotel for a conference I’m attending for work caught fire early this morning. Well, caught makes it sound passive. From all accounts I’ve been hearing, arson is suspected. This particular conference is cursed. Last year, it was hit by a hurricane and cancelled last minute. With this conference, …
Read More »A New, More Powerful Mass Transit App
The Rolling Storm Media Group has begun releasing Mass Transit Apps. They started with the DC Metro Region with MetroMinder. What is great about their app is that it doesn’t just tell you how long it will take to get from point A to point B, it tells you what …
Read More »California State Senator Arrested for Drunk Driving Hours After Voting for Anti-Uber Bill
California state Sen. Ben Hueso, whose brothers own taxi companies, was caught driving the wrong way down a one -way street while drunk mere hours after voting for a “bill placing heavy restrictions on the drivers of ride-sharing service startups Uber and Lyft.” From the Daily Caller: “Hueso, a Democrat who …
Read More »Impostor TSA Agent Took Women into TSA Private Screening Area
This is scary.  Especially the fact that it took some time for the other agents to notice something was awry (Note: San Francisco uses a private screening agency). This takes place in San Francisco Airport. From the NY Times: THE man wearing a blue shirt and khaki pants stood casually inside a …
Read More »Let’s Pour One Out for the US Airways Boeing 737-400….
An era has ended.  Piedmont Airlines (now part of US Airways) was the first to use the Being 737-400. And now they’ve used their last. According to the Desert Sun: The aircraft — tail number N435US — flew from Charlotte to Dallas/Fort Worth to Philadelphia before returning to Charlotte on …
Read More »Don’t Let Animals Take Their Own Photos When Traveling
…at least if you want to maintain the copyright. The US Copyright Office just decreed that a selfie taken by a money cannot be copyrighted. The picture in question is this one: Wikimedia Commons Look at the mug on that guy! I’ve been following this case for a while because it’s really …
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This Travel Jacket Literally Has Everything Built-In–Including a Neck Pillow
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This Travel Jacket Literally Has Everything Built-In–Including a Neck Pillow
I was poking around on Kickstarter and came across this jacket that claims to be …
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What Happens When You Set Two AI Bots to Talk to Each Other
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This Product Will Help You Pack Faster and Keep You From Forgetting Things
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This Device Promises to Give You Unlimited Worldwide 4G Wi-Fi
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This “Smart” Belt Helps Your Keep Your Waistline in Check
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Carolina Aviators Network Flying Out Aid to Western Carolina
Heartbreaking doesn’t even begin to describe what is going on in my home state of …
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Get $10 back on $10 spend on Rakuten, includes existing users
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Free Video Game: Sniper Elite 3 (with ads, or $6 without ads)
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Act Now: Free JetBlue Ticket When You Buy Board Game (for $20)
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Reminder: DC-Area Meetup is October 10th!