Knucklehead passenger of the last 2 days award

Just prior to descending into MZT when the FA's are going through their spiel about how to fill out the Mexican immigration forms a guy rings the call button in a bit of a panic. Seems he can't find his passport and thinks he mistakenly left it behind in the SEA (after setting it down paying for some food) after being checked in at the gate by the agent.

So we get a message off to Dispatch who tries to forewarn the agents in MZT and also informs us that the POS lost & found is closed on weekends - so if somebody found it they probably put it in the slot for the secure box.

This guy is traveling with about a dozen friends/family to come down for a number of days to celebrate his birthday (I neglected to find out if it was a milestone or not - he had other worries).

Mexican customs/immigration refused to let him in the country and the outbound flight back to SEA was already booked full - so birthday boy slept in a locked room at the airport with only his carry on luggage available to him. They fed him french fries & water and we carried him home with us this afternoon (departing 25 hours after our arrival yesterday).

I lost track of him as one of our agents was escorting him to US Immigration with the explanation. He'll be missing out on the fun as his friends/relatives apparently will have birthday celebrations with him in absentia.

Lessons...

...learned in MZT.

On nice long run on family day (Sunday) - watch out for....

...tiny yapper dogs on the beach (or anywhere else for that matter), gaggle of Mom's w/strollers hogging the beach walk, same goes for old guys on delapitated beach cruisers, same goes for vagrants (and their spot on the fence/wall/momument), same goes for well just about anybody & anything - because nobody runs in MZT ('cept me). And remember the suncreen.

Also usually are leery of walking into a restaurant and nobody else eating there - but had a great lunch at Vittore (italian) just across the street from Hot L.

Gentle reminder

Only 10 shopping months 'till Christmas.

Lab Rat

OK so when I took my annual physical in NOV the Doc ordered the vampires to pounce and the results were total cholesterol 175, HDL 44, LDL 120, & triglycerides measured 53. Overall these were considered to be good by the American Heart Assn, but I thought I could do better.

Immediately after the cleanse late last month I had voluntarily visited those same vampires & the results (which just showed up in the mail) showed my total cholesterol at 145 (a significant 30 point decrease), HDL 54 (a significant increase from low to high end of good, greater than 60 would be optimal), LDL 78 (WOW! less than 100 is optimal) & triglycerides went up to 66 (although a slight increase, still very low - with less than 150 considered very good).

Snowy day in the Harbor

Favorite Hefner quote...

...during interview on CNN last night the Playboy icon stated - "You're only as young as the girl you feel."

And when the interviewer told another guy that he was going to the Playboy Mansion with his wife for a party last year - the other guy was astonished, saying "you don't bring sand to the beach."

Too bad they don't have the Big Bunny anymore - I think that'd be my calling, could even crew it with the wife (though that might violate quote #2).

Impacting my enjoyment

OK people now you've taken this too far - first it's F1; what's next the cancellation of the Arabic language spelling B (televised on Al Jazeera), sand dune skiing, or world championship camel races?

You knew this was coming...

The recent events in the northern Mediterranean/Middle East have spurned (or spawned) the idea that perhaps a Second US Revolution should evolve here in the US - Sarah? Rand? Anybody want to jump in here and run with this? Fox Noise? Citizens United? Tea Party? Hello, I'm waiting!

No more die hards

The gentleman whose action initiated the uprising in Tunisia has lead to a number of copycats trying to get their 15 minutes of flame, er fame. Now that Hosni has left the house and acquiesced the Presidency - it's time for folks to put the gas can & matches away. Iran is not next, neither is Jordan, Syria, or Saudi Arabia.

Prudoggie that means you too. Joe's doing the best he can with what he has available at the UCI (okay it's only the WSBA), and besides he's suffering after last Sunday; give him a break.

April Fooling around

Two months from today - I'm sure the joke will be on me.