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Friday, September 28, 2007

The world's busiest airline route

Posted on 5:17 PM by jackline
This is something I've always wondered about. Earlier this week, usatoday.com's Ben Mutzabaugh answered it for me:That would be the Barcelona-Madrid route, according to Travel Daily News, which cites data from OAG BACK Aviation Solutions. The data looks at the number of "flight operations" per week to determine the busiest routes. The Barcelona-Madrid route had 971 weekly operations, "closely
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Best of Houston

Posted on 4:25 PM by jackline
The Houston Press released their annual Best of Houston issue this week. Want to know where to find the city's best adult video store? How about Houston's best guacamole? The city's best pet psychic? The staff of the Press picks 'em all.Some of their accolades are spot on. Banh Mi Hoang Son does indeed make the "Best Cheap Sandwich" in town; I know this because I've been a regular customer of
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Houston to Aberdeen, nonstop

Posted on 4:25 PM by jackline
This is interesting:City Star Executive makes history in the North East of Scotland today, with the announcement it will launch the first ever Inter-continental business only scheduled service between Aberdeen and Houston. The service will operate four times a week between Aberdeen Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, with operations commencing in January 2008.
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Friday, September 7, 2007

The ten biggest upsets in college football history

Posted on 9:46 PM by jackline
Continuing on the theme of Appalachian State's historic upset of Michigan last weekend: was it really, truly, the biggest upset in the history of college football? And what, in fact, are the top upsets in college football? In the wake of this game, I've yet to come across an updated definitive list by ESPN or anyone else, although CSTV's Eric Sorenson takes a good shot at it (putting Appy State's
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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Southwest flight attendants: fashion police?

Posted on 8:37 PM by jackline
According to this story relayed by USA Today's Ben Mutzabaugh, Southwest Airlines is enforcing a dress code. At least, that's apparently what happened when a college student attempted to board a flight from San Diego to Tucson a couple of months ago:Southwest is in the news in San Diego after a flight attendant apparently objected to the outfit worn by college student and Hooters waitress Kyla
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

After one week of college football

Posted on 9:42 PM by jackline
The Coogs' loss aside, the first weekend of the 2007 college football season certainly did not disappoint. Let's start with the big story:Even though I-AA (or, if you must, Football Championship Subdivision) schools are generally considered to be a rung lower than I-A (Football Bowl Subdivision) schools in terms of athletic talent and resources, it is not at all uncommon for I-AA schools to score
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Website updates

Posted on 8:46 PM by jackline
I've made some minor changes to my website. Notably, I've placed an announcement on my home page indicating that I plan to move the entire site to a new webhost sometime in the near future. I've also finally updated a handful of my light rail and streetcar maps, including Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Sacramento, Salt Lake City and Seattle.These are the last updates I am going to be
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Monday, September 3, 2007

Houston 27, Oregon 48

Posted on 9:34 PM by jackline
The game was closer than the score indicates; the Coogs were only down by three at the half and both teams were actually tied at 20 until late in the third quarter. However, a promising UH drive ended when Case Keenum's woulda-been-a-touchdown pass was picked off in the endzone. Oregon marched down the field in the other direction to score, and that cemented the game's momentum in favor of the
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Saturday, September 1, 2007

But I don't *feel* that old...

Posted on 7:23 PM by jackline
My first day of high school was exactly twenty years ago today; September 1, 1987.I began graduate school ten years ago last week.Time flies.
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