JetBlue flight attendant quits by verbally assaulting the entire plane over the intercom, then grabs two beers and exits down the inflatable emergency slide: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/08/09/fed-up-flight-attendant-pops-planes-emergency-chute-at-jfk-slides-away/ What a terrific mess. The cast, in order of importance: 1. Passenger – What kind of sociopath cracks somebody in the melon with their luggage, and instead of apologizing tells [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Quitting Your Job: Now That’s How It’s Done
Posted in 2010, tagged quitting with style on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Garrett Wolfe Dilemma
Posted in 2010, tagged Chicago Bears, crazy ideas, NFL on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Chicago Bears have an interesting dilemma heading into training camp: what to do with Garrett Wolfe? http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bears/post/_/id/4665283/wolfes-new-role-hasnt-materialized-yet Wolfe has not seen extended time in the backfield but has excelled as a member of the special teams punting unit. Now that the Bears have acquired Chester Taylor from Minnesota, they have a logjam at running [...]
Brett Favre’s Tri-tirement
Posted in 2010, tagged Brett Favre, ESPN, NFL on August 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The annual Brett Favre retirement drama is literally the only recurring sports story that makes me long for the old newspaper days. Back then you only had to read about this once a day, and only if there was a significant development. But ESPN has nine channels of programming to fill 24/7, so any time [...]
