I didn't notice this until well after the fact, but as of May 7th ATA has discontinued their twice-daily nonstop service between Houston Hobby and New York LaGuardia. The service started a bit over a year ago, and the hope was that ATA, through its codeshare with Southwest Airlines (Hobby's dominant carrier), would be able to make the connection work. Looks like that didn't happen,
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Monday, May 21, 2007
Ode on the death of a favourite cat
Posted on 9:29 PM by jackline
(As the title suggests, I'm not the only Thomas Gray who has written on this subject, even if my cat did not die in a tub of gold fishes...)Yesterday marked one year since Elektra was run over by a car and killed.Accepting the death of somebody or something very close to you - even if it is a family pet - is one thing; "getting over it" is something entirely different. Lori and I still miss her.
Which train do I take?
Posted on 9:05 PM by jackline
My brother-in-law Danny waits to get directions on his cell phone while staring at, and basking in the illumination of, a Washington Metro route map. The woman in the advertisement behind him seems to be looking over his shoulder to ask me, "do you really think this asshole knows where he's taking you?"I took this picture two weekends ago while visiting Danny. It was my first-ever trip to the
Friday, May 18, 2007
Van Grumpy gone
Posted on 2:13 PM by jackline
I've made no secret of the fact that I'm not a huge Jeff Van Gundy fan, so I'm pleased to discover that the Houston Rockets, after several days of ambiguation, have finally relieved him of head coaching duties.This isn't to say that Van Gundy was a horrible coach. His record with the Rockets - 182-146 over four seasons - isn't exactly miserable. And, to his credit, when he took over as coach
One last taste of spring
Posted on 1:35 PM by jackline
Yesterday was nice. Today is even nicer. The warm-but-comfortable temperatures, clear skies, gentle breezes and low humidity are supposed to last through Sunday. A late-season cold front passed through the city earlier this week, knocking temperatures down into the low 80s and giving us our last taste of spring. As the local meteorologists have noted, the weather simply doesn't get much better
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Was that you, Mr. Lesar?
Posted on 12:27 PM by jackline
According to my visitor log, somebody from Halliburton came across this blog while trying to find out the distance between Houston and Dubai.As I've previously mentioned, the distance between the oilfeld giant's co-headquarters is 8,181 miles.Speaking of Dubai, I wonder if I'll ever get to go back there...
Friday, May 11, 2007
Quit being a jerk, Murph
Posted on 4:46 PM by jackline
Over on the Chronicle's University of Houston sports blog, sportswriter Michael Murphy mentions (see the end of the post) that he was co-hosting a sports talk show on a local AM radio station for four hours last night and did not receive a single call from anyone wanting to discuss UH athletics. According to him, the fact that nobody called in to talk UH sports means that Cougar fans are no
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