The view from my backyard approximately 24 hours before Hurricane Irma arrives, I plan to update in the coming days provided the internet Gods cooperate. The occupants of Chateau Relaxo have done all that they can do in order to prepare for this storm. Here’s what our hurricane preparedness has accomplished. We’ve already eaten allRead More →
An airplane middle seat, travelings equivalent of a brown banana. No one wants it, but someone’s getting stuck with it. I’ve spent the better part of 20 years avoiding the middle seat and crying babies. I’m a big guy, a 52 suit jacket to be exact. This gives me theRead More →
In the last few weeks, we’ve had #DragGate, #StrollerGate, #BathroomGate, #SlapGate and this past Tuesday, we had #RageGate. A scuffle or argument on an airplane has become a common occurrence. It will be captured on cell phone video and captured from more than one angle, so no need to worryRead More →
Well, it seems that TSA has once again gone and changed things up. This time it has to do with the dreaded secondary search aka “The Pat-Down”. TSA’s website outlines this procedure as. TSA officers use the back of the hands for pat-downs over sensitive areas of the body. InRead More →
Do You Lock Your Luggage? Most luggage comes with locks, and if they don’t you can always buy TSA approved luggage locks. Luggage locks provide a false sense of security and can be thwarted with something as simple as a ballpoint pen. This has been around for a while, butRead More →
“Perception is reality“, I’ve heard this proclaimed in more meetings than I’d care to count, and I’ve heard it enough that it has almost become….. reality. The reality of Orlando traffic is that it can be dangerous, as we discussed last October. Earlier this week, I came across this ApopkaRead More →
A few months ago, I wrote about the dangerous disaster that I-4 provides to the safe driver. My closing paragraph referenced EverDrive, an app that passively monitors driving habits and delivers diagnostics for later review. At that time I installed and configured EverDrive, but forgot all about it until tonightRead More →
In case you haven’t heard, just last week, singer Richard Marx says he subdued an unruly flier, this post wrote its own headline. American pop singer Richard Marx took to Facebook to say he helped subdue an unruly passenger he claimed was attacking others on a Korean Air flight fromRead More →
I enjoy busting TSA’s chops; seriously, it takes very little thought to turn those three letters into something a bit more humorous than Transportation Security Administration. For example: TSA: Transportation Sounds Awful. TSA: Truly Sick Authority. TSA: Twisted Sex Acts. TSA: Touching Sexual Areas. In addition, possibly someone masquerading asRead More →
I’m an early adopter. Have you ever used Ello or the now defunct Zomato? I was there from the get-go on both of those. When it comes to anything technology related I like getting on board first. While this can be expensive, it does make for interesting conversations around theRead More →
Passengers aboard a recent Southwest Airlines plane received a special message from the flight’s captain after the travelers drank all the alcohol aboard plane. On a Dec. 7 flight from Oakland, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, the captain of the aircraft went over the PA system to announce to passengersRead More →
“Never get caught in a hotel bed with a dead girl or a live boy.“… back in the days of Mad Men, this was the extent of hotel safety. Fast-forward a few decades, and my how things have changed. Unlike Kim Kardashian, I don’t travel with a $10M jewelry stash,Read More →
I’m not much of an alarmist, especially when it comes to the weather and travel. I routinely head up north during winter forgetting a heavy, actually any coat, my wife swears there’s an umbrella in my backpack, somewhere, and I love driving rental cars in the snow. Rolling into MondayRead More →
Samsung has a major disaster on their hands with the Galaxy Note 7. How would you like to be in the meeting where it’s decided to issue a major product recall? Shaun Li Stoffer recently asked “Is iPhone 7 Taking a Step Back with the Headphone Jack?” and IRead More →