• SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano. - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    British Airways Means Business New York – London City

    September 30, 2009 - By 

    BA started business-class-only flights from JFK to London City Airport yesterday. Inflight Internet access, full-recline seats, aimed at a niche market of go-bag executives. As in “It’s called a go bag because I keep it in the trunk of my car (NCIS)” Club World London City – British Airways Club World London City is our Business Class only service, with just 32 seats on board, flying between London City and New York JFK. Your entire journey has been designed to minimise airport travel time and check-in times whilst maximizing your productivity on board with OnAir capability allowing you to send…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    A Roguish Ghost Story

    September 30, 2009 - By 

    Palin pops the literary pooper Nov. 17th, but a ghostly midwife will probably fade into the background. 400 pages in 4 months? Really? Sarah Palin finishes 400-page memoir, 'Going Rogue,' to be released Nov. 17 — chicagotribune.com Palin, 45, spent weeks in San Diego shortly after leaving office and worked on the manuscript with collaborator Lynn Vincent, a person close to her said. She was joined in San Diego by her family and her top aide, Meghan Stapleton, then spent several days in New York working around the clock with editors at Harper, said the person, who wasn’t authorized to…

  • Mini-Posts

    Trees and Nuts and Squirrels

    September 27, 2009 - By 

    Clear and cool this afternoon, went to Morton Arboretum to walk in the trees, avoid the nuts, and have a squirrel encounter. We didn’t have a plan, just wanted to hike in the woodlands. As I didn’t work out on Thursday or Friday last week, I needed some catch-up as I’ve been pretty consistent about getting at least 3 workouts a week. So it was nice to hike along in the new pair of Vasque hiking boots I bought last winter, although I need to put the better arch inserts in them next time. The wind was blowing loudly in…

  • All Things Interesting - Politics, Schmolitics - Second Life

    Today Was My Birthday, So What Was It To Me?

    September 24, 2009 - By 

    [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/QJ-CqT5orEI" width="425" height="344" wmode="transparent" /] This card was waiting for me when I got home – THANKS, DEBBIE!!! I love it! It was a really early start – I had to be in the office by 7am as I’d switched shifts with someone. And it was my birthday, and it was my day to keep an eye on queues and emails, but of course we were short 2 agents and we had lots of calls, so forget keeping and eye on emails and queues. In the middle of all the chaos, some pretty flowers arrived at my desk, courtesy…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    My Birthday Hat

    September 23, 2009 - By 

    As a middle aged woman who works out, I get an age rollback of 16 years! Happy 32nd tomorrow to me. #birthday Via: Flickr Title: My Birthday Hat By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 23 Sep ’09, 9.15am CDT PST