Charter carrier Champion Air announced today that it is going call it quits, according to the Dallas Morning News. Champion will be grounding its fleet of 14 Boeing 727 aircraft. That’s right, I said Boeing 727 aircraft. According to Wikipedia, the first 727 flew in 1963 and the 727 family continued to be made until… Continue reading Another one bites the dust…
Month: March 2008
Errands
I got my Comcast box replaced but now I don’t have TiVo service. The Comcast guy is due on Saturday to call his dispatch center so they can “flip” my DVR. I tried getting Comcast support to do this, but they can’t do it. Instead, a technician has to come to my house, even though… Continue reading Errands
Lost Boys: The Tribe
I’m not a fan of horror movies, but I’m super stoked about this one. (trailer)
Missing the Boat…. er…. Train
Sometimes you have to love hating the MBTA. Today is one of those days. Since I have to get to the Comcast Service Center, I told my boss that I was going to try to catch the 2:20 train and then work from home the rest of the afternoon. I left the office about 1:50,… Continue reading Missing the Boat…. er…. Train
More on Aloha
Aloha Airlines will soon be a footnote in aviation history. They’ve been blaming “illegal” competive practices by Go!, a unit of Mesa Air. Aloha claims that Go! was selling seats below cost. I call bullshit. According to their own site, they were operating the following aircraft: 11 Boeing 737-200 Passenger Advanced 3 Boeing 737-200C 4… Continue reading More on Aloha
Short Sticks
I’m very fortunate to have some very smart friends. One such friend is a grad student at a prestigious university in the Boston area. No, the other one. He’s ridiculously smart. Unfortunately, life seemed to throw him a curve ball, and he’s having a rough time with it. He really drew the short stick on… Continue reading Short Sticks
Buh Buh Aloha
Aloha Airlines is calling it quits. (link)
More Comcast Suckage
A while back I mentioned my woes with Comcast. It gets better. I’m convinced that the lifespan of a Comcast DVR with TiVo is about seven days. Yes, seven days. Last Sunday, Easter, the Comcast guy came to “flip” my new DVR to the TiVo service. Exactly seven days later, it’s a brick. If the… Continue reading More Comcast Suckage
24 Hours
Every once in a while, you have to unplug from the virtual world, and that’s what I did yesterday. I knew I wanted to make a trip to Ikea to get a second loveseat for the living room before my parents came to visit. Mid-week, I had reserved a pickup truck from U-Haul to make… Continue reading 24 Hours
Parental Visit
Next week at this time, I’ll be all drugged up and have my mommy and daddy here to take care of it. Seriously, though, I’m really excited about my parents coming to visit. While I wish it could have them here for better circumstances, it’s still exciting for them to see my new place. My… Continue reading Parental Visit