10.31.2007

What work should people be doing? Making "Out of Africa" for $20 million, earning $19 million and winning at Cannes? Or, making "Deuce Bigalow" for $30 million and earning $280 million?

10.28.2007

Caution: This show may be a suffocation hazard because you can't poke holes in my arguments!

- Stephen Colbert

10.26.2007

Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

10.23.2007

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

- Oscar Wilde

10.19.2007

Yesterday he was a boy, and today he thinks he can ignore us?

I don't want my relatives thinking this. It's not something they've expressed, but I wonder if it's the case. I wonder if they interpret the long gaps of silence that way. I live far away.

10.16.2007

I've flown over 200,000 miles just with United (and it's partners). That's 8 times completely around the world.

What's more interesting is that's only since I turned 18. Before 18 my mileage wasn't counted. On average, I more than circle the world each year!

10.14.2007

Despite the concerns over the contribution of car exhaust to global warming, most carbon dioxide comes from smokestacks, not tailpipes.

10.12.2007

The book, Coffee, Tea, or Me?: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardesses led to the portrayal of flight attendants as sex objects in advertisements for airlines.

In 1971 JWT ran a "Fly Me" campaign for National Airlines. I saw one of the posters. In it there are just the words, "I'm Cheryl", her face and "Fly me" at the bottom.

10.10.2007

A huge number of hot dogs are consumed in NYC each year. Securing a spot for a hot dog stand outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art costs about $300,000 a year. How many must those stands sell each day just to break even?

10.06.2007

Caffeine is present in over 60 plant species worldwide.

An ounce of dark chocolate can have more caffeine than an 8 ounce cup of green tea.

10.03.2007

I have a bad habit of not answering questions directly. Maybe that's why I ended up picking psych & philosophy as my majors. I prefer questions that don't call for direct answers.