My aunt found her daughter dead in her College Station apartment Saturday morning.I cannot say I was particularly close to Evelyn. She was the product of my aunt's first marriage, before she met my mother's brother, and I only met her on a few occasions over the course of my life. Ironically, the last time I saw her was rather recently, at Thanksgiving. This was right after she moved from Kansas
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
JetBlue's reputation takes a hit
Posted on 12:17 PM by jackline
Last week, popular low-fare airline JetBlue suffered a huge setback after extreme weather conditions at JetBlue's hub at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City all but shut down the airline. Several planes were grounded on the JFK tarmac, with passengers inside them, for as long as ten or eleven hours. Tempers flared as passengers trapped inside the airplanes became restless, toilets overflowed
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Why the new dollar coin won't work
Posted on 9:05 AM by jackline
Today, the United States Mint is unveiling a new dollar coin. The new coin, featuring the likeness of George Washington, will be the first in a series of dollar coins bearing images of the Presidents of the United States. Later this year coins for John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison will be released into circulation. This program, which follows in the footsteps of the current 50-state
Thursday, February 8, 2007
IAH - DXB nonstops begin December 3rd
Posted on 1:51 AM by jackline
Looks like the 8,181-mile journey is about to get a bit shorter, according to the Chronicle:Emirates will kick off nonstop service between Houston and Dubai beginning in early December.The new flight will be among the world's longest, but it will shorten travel times between Houston and Dubai, said Nigel Page, senior vice president for Emirates."We believe we will have the fastest service from
Friday, February 2, 2007
If college football writers covered world news...
Posted on 7:25 PM by jackline
...this is what the front page would look like: May 8, 1945Berlin -- In the end, its capitol lay in ruins. In the end, the "master race" wasn't. In the end, it wasn't even close.A conflict that started with the hope of world domination for the once top-ranked army on the planet ended in a rout as the Allies defeated Germany yesterday, ending World War II on the European continent. The loss
Monday, January 29, 2007
Staying home
Posted on 8:33 PM by jackline
As it turns out, I'm not going to be making any trips back to the Middle East this spring after all. My company's Dubai office has finally worked out its staffing needs for the next few months, and they dod not include me. There is a possibility, as always, that my presence there could be required there later on this year as more projects over there get underway.On one hand, it's probably for the
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Get a blowjob, go to prison
Posted on 9:47 PM by jackline
This espn.com story about 20-year-old Georgia inmate Genarlow Wilson, whose promising future as an collegiate athlete ended after he received consensual oral sex from a schoolmate, is very long but is worth a read.All I can say is that it is unbelieveable that bullshit like this still happens in our country in this day and age. I was especially blown away by this tidbit:At the same time this
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