Laptops in the cockpit,, really?

 Are you freaking kidding me?

 Last week the story broke about a Northwest Airlines flight that got diverted and missed its intended destination by oh about 150 MILES. Now I have absolutely no sense of direction. I've lived in the same city for more than 10 years and still get lost. But 150 miles? Are you freaking kidding me?

 Wait it gets better. So naturally, everyone's wondering what were they doing? How could this happen? Were they sleeping? Were they hurt? Was it a terrorist? I mean this is a post 9/11 world we live in, we have to take these things into consideration.

 These brainiacs, Captains Timothy Cheney and Richard Cole, adamantly denied sleeping on the job. They instead, initially, say they were engrossed in a heated argument and lost track of time. A HEATED ARGUMENT? Are you freaking kidding me? Was that really the best you can do? At least if you said you were sleeping you could get some sympathy points, dillweeds. Oh the poor pilots they’re so fatigued and overworked.

 It turns out these geniuses were on their laptops. Other than them reading this blog there is no excuse that will fly with me on this. It’s totally unacceptable. So, one of you couldn't fly the plane while the other surfed for porn? I'm just saying.

 Now I confess I occasionally use my cell phone while driving. It's not a habit (I'm not Maria Shriver for crissakes). But occasionally the need to send a text or make a call coincides with me being in my car. (When you live in a city that tops the worst commutes list annually this tends to happen). I realize this is dangerous and I'm not proud of it, but this is altogether different. There were hundreds of lives in your hands, literally. Thank God no one was hurt.

 The craziest thing is the airline has no policy against this. So who knows how often this is happening. I don't even want to imagine that the person piloting my plane is playing Mafia Wars on Facebook. It’s frightening. The airline industry has enough of a stigma for being unsafe with plane crashes and drunk pilots, these guys are not helping at all.

 I hope if anything good comes out of this mess. I hope that the FAA will review the policies and institute measures to prevent this from happening again. I mean it would seem pretty obvious to me that surfing the Net and flying the plane don’t exactly fit well together, but hey what do I know.

You can read more about this story here.

Real Geniuses here

I can especially appreciate this because I worked at a newspaper for many years. Fail Blog is a great site full of hilarious Are You Freaking Kidding Me moments? We'll feature them on this blog from time to time.


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$400 a day for wigs???

I watch (and rather enjoy) "Real Housewives of Atlanta." (That show is chock full of blog material on its own). I’m focusing today on something Kim said on this past week’s episode.

Anyone who watches knows Kim is a proud wig lover. So proud she only wears wigs and not her natural hair. On this episode while getting ready for a party, Kim and her hairstylist Derrick (while wearing a fabulous pair of pumps) talk about her wigs. She says she wears a brand new wig every day. He asked how much they cost. She says about $430 each. $430 per wig, per day! She figured it up to be $12,000 a month on wigs.
Are you freaking kidding me (Big Poppa is shelling out some major cash.)

Like I said I'm not a hater. If you afford to do that, go for it. My problem is simple, her wigs look awful. If you watched last season she looked a hot mess. I'm telling you if you're gonna pay $400 a day for a wig, it needs to look a hell of a lot better than the ones she's wearing. I've seen better looking wigs at my local beauty supply and they weren't even close to $400.

My advice, if you must change wigs daily invest in someone who can get you a better piece. There are people in wig shops whose only job is to help you pick out wigs. Or bring Derrick, I’m sure he can pick out a great hair piece. This is 2009 there's no reason anyone has to wear a bad wig, (especially when you have a rich benefactor that can afford to buy you good ones.)

Blogosphere lets help her out. Do you know a good wig place you can recommend for Ms. Zolciak?

Comcast Sucks

• I want to know why at least twice a month, seriously, I can't use the wireless Internet I pay for.
• I need to know why no matter what time you quote to come install service or fix a piece of your crappy, chronically malfunctioning equipment you never make it within that time. (Its like a 3-hour window people. Come on!)
• I need to know why I no longer have the History Channel on basic cable or the TV Guide channel (Yes, I watched the TV Guide channel, don't judge me), but I'm paying more than ever for service.
• I want to know why I was on the phone with someone in your technical department for over an hour and a half one time to fix my Internet and they still weren't able to do anything.
• I want to know why you guys are the only game in town and you suck so bad.

I'm writing this blog from a public computer, because the computer in my bedroom (the one that's two steps from my bed) can't pick up wireless Internet. This happens at least twice a month I'm not kidding. Comcast you guys suck.

I hardly ever complain about big companies. I give people the benefit of the doubt. If this is a one-time thing I could understand. Stuff happens, but this is a pattern of behavior. The only reason I'm still using your God awful service is because you're the only one that services my area. You treat people like crap because you can. You treat people like crap, because we're so freaking addicted to cable TV crap like Californication and Hung that we'd rather put up with you than to be without it.

I blame myself. I love cable television. I'm part of the problem, but I'm taking a stand. I'm making my voice heard to the blogosphere. You guys suck. You need to thank your stars that there isn't any competition in my local market because you'd lose customers so fast it would make your head spin.

Here is my suggestion for how we handle these morons at Comcast. Mona Shaw you're my hero.


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Cell phones have turned good people into total douchebags

Are you freaking kidding me?

People, don’t call me and talk to other people in the background.  Talk to the other people and then call me when you can talk to just me.

People, don’t call me, just to tell me you’re gonna call me later.  Just call me when you are available to talk.

People, don’t call me at 3 in the morning and ask me what I’m doing. I’m sleeping. You should be too.

Cell phones are leading to the demise of our person to person communication. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of cell phones. I’ve grown to rely heavily on my Blackberry to do everything from make calls, get directions, surf the Internet, keep my appointments, etc. I love being connected. I love that I can access almost anyone at almost anytime.

But all that accessibility comes with a few negatives. Before cell phones people rarely talked to me while using the bathroom (this happened to me two days ago). Before cell phones people didn’t just call you with nothing to say. Before cell phones people reserved making calls to when they really had something important to say. We somehow managed to survive for many years without being able to talk to anyone at anytime. Now we have that capability and I get the pleasure of sitting on the train while douchebags talk loudly on the phone about what they ate for lunch.

Please people stop this madness. Lets use this technology for good. I don’t wanna know what you did this weekend. I don’t care. I could care less that he still hasn’t called since you went all the way with him. I don’t care.

Kids hunting with real guns

Are you freaking kidding me…

Why was this kid hunting in the first place? With a real gun? Someone please tell me.
I just posted a link to story from the Atlanta Journal Constitution about an 11-year-old that was killed while on a hunting trip with his grandfather.

This baffles me. I have never understood hunting and the thrill in killing poor defenseless animals. I saw Bambi as a kid and when they killed Bambi’s mom I was absolutely traumatized. I yelled and pounded on the screen like “noooooo!!!” and “Why is this happening!!!!!” (Ok, so maybe I wasn’t quite that dramatic, but I was really, really sad.)

But I’ll put my personal thoughts aside, I’m sure in some families hunting is a tradition and all that. Wonderful, but leave the kids out of it. Your 11-year-old child does not need to be anywhere near a hunting rifle, grandpa. Let’s make this act of male bonding one for the older men in the family. If you absolutely must get the kids involved, show them some gun safety and do it with fake guns with fake bullets. How about we not give the kids something they can actually shoot themselves or someone else (or me for that matter) with. Just a thought.

My prayers go out to this family, but this didn’t have to happen. This tragedy was totally preventable. Lets exercise a little bit of common sense people.

11-year-old killed in hunting accident | ajc.com

11-year-old killed in hunting accident  | ajc.com

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