Fly the Not Free Skies
This was originally posted over at I Fry Mine in Butter. Once upon a time flying was fun. Planes seemed shiny and glamorous, travelers dressed up, and nobody measured carryon bags with scales. Totally...
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First, a brief round up of my first writer’s conference: One request for a partial and one request for my book proposal, both for the memoir One request for a partial of my science fiction satire...
View ArticleTips for Traveling Based Solely on My Last Experience
This is my second head cold in a month, so I’ve dipped into our hard-to-acquire stash of Sudafed, which I know from Breaking Bad is the item purchased by “smurfs” to make crystal meth. Thank you, AMC,...
View ArticleTo Jeff Smisek, CEO of United Airlines
TO: Jeff Smisek, CEO United Airlines FROM: Everett Maroon, Mileage Plus Member XXXXXXX DATE: 9/4/2012 RE: Series of poor service incidents from UA Staff Please let me begin by saying that I appreciate...
View ArticleThroat Afire
It never fails that when I need to be somewhere or do something especially important, I catch a virus. There was that time, after being unemployed for two years, that I was supposed to go to...
View ArticleThe “Passive-Aggressive” Note Thing & Just How Problematic It Is
TRIGGER WARNING for conversations and content about rape culture and sexual violence and intimidation. In the midst of the Thanksgiving gratitude Facebook posts, reminders that the holiday is an...
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