From my pre-blogging days in 2009. I was surfing through my Facebook content and found this pearl. The grumpy travel logs: The bizarro travel guide (what you'll hate about travel), Vol 1. by Pat Haney on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 10:51pm After a long hiatus, I'm back to travelling...A lot. Not that I hate … Continue reading An oldie but goodie
Miles past the middle of nowhere
My job has changed somewhat. More management duties. More duties altogether. The transition has up-heaved my live gigs somewhat so I've done little traveling lately. I did have a gig in Irving two weeks ago but then again, who cares about Irving? I live here and I don't. I'll give a synopsis. A 25 mile … Continue reading Miles past the middle of nowhere
The Saga Continues: American Air’s response
Honestly, When I wrote American I didn't expect a response. Not that what follows is all that satisfying. It's funny, a signed email with no process to respond. Not that I didn't try. He completely misses the points: If you charge someone extra, you should deliver. Note that I didn't say they lost my bags. … Continue reading The Saga Continues: American Air’s response
My letter to the VP of Customer Belly Tickles
May 12, 2011 American Airlines Customer Relations P.O. Box 619612 MD 2400 DFW Airport, TX 75261-9612 Attn: Mr. Craig Kreeger Senior VP of Customer Experience, American Airlines Dear Craig: On a recent flight to California I picked up an American Way Magazine and read the article about you and your department with interest. It certainly … Continue reading My letter to the VP of Customer Belly Tickles
La Tierra de la Fea. Long Beach California.
Throughout the bible, a place called "Gehenna" is mentioned in reference to hell. In Jesus' time, it was thought that there was an actual Gehenna which was best described as a perpetual burning trash dump - a tire fire in today's time most likely. It's where trash, bodies, and whatnot were set afire. No doubt, … Continue reading La Tierra de la Fea. Long Beach California.
Portland, one of the cooler cities in the west.
At what age do you start dressing like a grown up? This thought hit me as I stared out of my hotel room one day in Portland. Everybody, and I mean everybody - from college aged to Grandma, passing by in downtown Portland was dressed like I do when I'm working at home. Like a … Continue reading Portland, one of the cooler cities in the west.
I get to go across the pond
About every year or so I get a really cool trip. One that would be fun to go as a family but prohibitively expensive. This was the year for the fun trip. I get sniffs of great trips every few months. Typically a sales director will want pricing for live training and query my boss, … Continue reading I get to go across the pond
Washington DC, 12/25-1/1
As I look over this body of work, however meager it is, I see that although I've been to the DC area a few times, I've never really bothered writing about it. Not that I'm going to put a dent in that streak today, although I'll touch on it a little. First, some disclosure. I … Continue reading Washington DC, 12/25-1/1
So long, My friend
John (rt) with Mike at the beach John Hughes passed away last Sunday morning after a valiant battle with Cancer. Since then I've been thinking how hard it is to take the essence of someone's life - who they are, and compress it into a blog or even a talk. It's hard enough for most, … Continue reading So long, My friend
Keeping my hands busy in the cold…
It's cold outside, and I'm inside reprocessing video for e-learning lessons. This is what I do when I'm not traveling to cities to complain about. Creating the same training that I do live for web based delivery. Editing video to do this is insanely boring. More so in this case, Since I'm having to rework … Continue reading Keeping my hands busy in the cold…
