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Kris, I'm so glad to hear that things went so well for you! Just another shining example of what the folks at Southwest call "POS" -- Positively Outrageous Service! As i said before you went, I cannot think of another airline that would have treated you so specially and made you an honorary VIP in the way that our friends at SW did. Now, I have to explain that all of this attention does come with strings attached. You cannot simply accept their awesome hospitality and then merrily go about your life silently from this point on. I hereby deputize you as a fellow Southwest Fanatic. It shall be your solemn and sacred duty to henceforth be an ambassador for the uniquely superlative service that is available to everyone who flies aboard a Southwest plane. You must defend the honor of Southwest when anyone besmirches our favorite airline and you must willingly share your dry roasted or honey roasted peanuts with others in their time of need. But, just as Dorothy taught the Tin Man, the Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion, Lojuanna, David, Lisa, Captain Ray, Brian and me are not the reason your flight was successful. The real source of the courage that got you through this trip was Kris! Now you know that you CAN do it, and we are all proud of you!! Congratulations on your engagement, and make sure that your future hubby books your honeymoon trip on Southwest Airlines! Kris, with the crippling fear that you couldn't make this trip behind you now, the commercial is even more true for you: "You're now free to move about the country!" Hugs, Kim 🙂 ... View more

Joe, Well, if we're gonna get onto the subject of favorite comics, I would DEFINITELY put Peanuts at the top of my list, and my top five would also include The Far Side, Dilbert, B. C. and Blondie. How's that for an eclectic mix? By the way, if it tells you anything about me, I always save the comics for last when reading the paper. I like ending things on a high note! Kim, warbling a high C... 🙂 ... View more

Hmmmm, two days since the Duck upset and still no word from Erin. I hope she's okay and has not sunk down into some downward spiral of depression. Hang in there, Erin, y'all did great to get as far as you did and you've got nothing to be ashamed of! Brian, let's send her a beautiful bouquet of candy corn to cheer her up! Kim, the part-time quacker 🙂 ... View more

Well, I particularly hate it when I fly and someone as good looking as Shelley does NOT fall asleep on my shoulder! LOL External Blog Boy and Shelley's Unused Shoulder Rest 🙂 ... View more

Everybody think good thoughts for Kris today...she's heading back home, and I'm hoping that she has a great trip and returns to give us a glowing report of how helpful Captain Stark's book was for her! Safe travels, Kris! Kim 🙂 ... View more

Jeramy, Do tell? I didn't realize that the University of Soggy Cincinnati even HAD a football team. I've checked for their website, but they must be maintaining a low profile. Is their campus close to that of South Harmon Institute of Technology? Chef Kim, wondering if Jeramy likes bacon to be served also while I'm egging him on... 🙂 ... View more

Blog Boy, I didn't realize you were a Berke Breathed fan! As you may or may not know, Berke got his start as an adult cartoonist (he probably drew stuff before he was 18, but I'm referring to the time he 'became' a cartoonist) drawing a strip for the student newspaper at UT-Austin. He was there on campus at the same time as me, and I loved reading his strip, "Academia Waltz" in The Daily Texan. He poked fun at various things about life at UT that we could all relate to, and the character 'Steve Dallas' was an amalgamation of all of the frat boys that he knew on campus. Opus and several other folks in Berke's world were a part of those early UT days, and obviously, Opus has lived on for 30+ years now. Maybe if you can get me a bag of those honey roasted candy corn plane crackers in an easy-open package, I'll let you borrow a copy of my Academia Waltz book that Berke published while we were at UT, but you've gotta promise to not get peanut crumbs between the pages. Kim P. S. Eat your heart out, Jeramy... I'll bet you wish Opus had originated on the Unspectacular Student College campus! 🙂 ... View more

Dear Erin, It is with a very sad heart that I must come before you and admit that my mojo must have run out this afternoon. I quacked and cheered and did all I knew how to do, but alas, it was not enough. I feel as if I have let you, and indeed, the entire state of Oregon down. I even have ties to the area, since my wife's relatives were some of the very earliest settlers of the area just south of Portland back in the 1850s. So, for their sake, for the family legacy and especially for my friend Erin, I did my best. Maybe I had the lips on backwards? It did seem as if when I yelled, it came out as "Kcauq Kcauq"... Oh well, at least we can join forces to demolish Jeramy's Uncoordinated Sloppy College team! Kim 🙂 ... View more

Hey Jedi Blog Master and Darth Blogger, I've got a riddle for you two. Why is duct tape like The Force? Because it has a light side and a dark side and it holds the universe together! External Blog Boy, who is neither of your fathers... 🙂 ... View more

Jeramy, You must use your Jedi mind tricks on the TSA guys to let you get through security with that light saber! And I doubt that it was a Freudian slip, but I think you misspelled "saber". I caan only think of one compaany thaat spells it the waay you did, but I wouldn't waant to naame naames. Kim 🙂 ... View more

Hey Erin, Are you awake on the Left Coast yet, or are you still up partying? Congratulations to you and all your fellow Duckies! (Ducklets? Duckonians?) I know you're happy up in Duck Land, and you ought to thank me. Apparently all my quacking last night worked! Kim :) P. S. Can I take off these lips yet? I can't decide if they make me look like Huey, Dewey or Louie. ... View more

:::: JUMPING IN PHIL"S FACE ::::: Hey, buddy, are you dissin' my friend Erin's crackers, err, quackers? Dem's fightin' words where she comes from. I'm of a mind to see to it that you get a sound whoopin". Why don't you just step out back and let's settle this with some good ole fashioned fisticuffs? Okay, Erin, now that I've got him scared, go ahead and beat him up while I grab my pompoms and big lips and cheer you on. Go, Erin, git him! QUACK QUACK!! The Fighting Ducks' newest burnt orange-blooded cheerleader 🙂 ... View more

Dear Dr Pepper Boy, Ya know, with the drought we had last year, my roots are suffering a bit. But, since you were wise enough to know about the Dublin version, then I'll concede that you must be a True Pepper. Coca-Cola Boy P. S. Okay, Alex, err, Brian, for $500..."he appeared in the Dr Pepper commercials, singing and dancing, claiming that he was a Pepper." Who am I talking about? No fair Googling the answer... ... View more

Mr. Kanan, Howdy and welcome to the blog. My only comment about your nuts is that they are VERY expensive. Not too long ago, I paid over $180 to get four bags of 'em. But, it is nice of you to throw in a free ride on a Southwest plane with each bag! Kim External Blog Boy and Consumer of King Nuts 🙂 ... View more

Angela, Did you formerly work for OSHA? Don't be a party-pooper! Live a little! Take some risks! If you don't believe me, just Google "peanuts in Coke" and see how many references there are to it! Just for the record, I never choked once on it! LOL Kim 🙂 ... View more

URGENT MESSAGE to Shelley, Lacey, Sunny and ALL the Culture Chicks: Drop what you are doing and request IMMEDIATE help for Blog Boy. He is having one of his "episodes" again. Inform the paramedics to administer copious quantities of Dr Pepper and large mouthfuls of candy corn to try to stabilize him. For his sake, please remove all sharp objects from his reach until he has recovered. Signed, An Anonymous Concerned Friend ... View more

Well, Mr. Blog Boy, You've shown just how "true" and "devoted" a disciple you are of the native Texas drink. As all good and loyal Texans know, "Dr Pepper" does not have a period after the "Dr". And you call yourself a Pepper? I'm shocked.... Just how many times have YOU been to THE museum ( http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/ ) in Waco? Just for your information, you immigrant, I also drink Dr Pepper and enjoy it. In fact, back before you had probably ever heard of Texas, I was drinking a very regional version during the winter. Have you ever savored the taste of hot Dr Pepper with lemon slices floating on top? Then you haven't lived, my friend! Besides, even if Coke was born and is headquartered in Georgia, that ain't such a bad state. After all, my daughter lives there a hundred miles or so from Atlanta, and that gives me the chance to visit WOCCA ( http://www.woccatlanta.com/ ) every so often! I'd love to stay and chat longer, but all this talk has me thirsty for a cold glass of the Real Thing, and a glance at my clock tells me that it is almost 2, which means you'll be stopping for your 10 - 2 - 4 Dr Pepper break as well. Cheers! External Blog Boy 🙂 ... View more

Well, Erin, I guess neither you nor I cheered hard enough for the Texas A & M Aggies last night, but they gave it a good effort. But, as a complete newbie to this 'rooting for Oregon' thing, and wanting so desperately to do a good job for my Irish-Oregonian pal, I need to ask you a question. As you know from your days in Texas, us burnt-orange blooded folks yell "Hook 'em Horns" and "Texas Fight" and "Way to go, Horns!". When I'm cheering for your team tonight, do I sit in front of the TV and yell "Quack Quack"? Kim 🙂 ... View more

Ummm, JBM, You guys out west really need to switch to decaf. EBB 🙂 ... View more

Hey USS Blog Boy, Wow, a fellow non-drinker -- very cool! My father-in-law teases me because as a graduate of UT, I live up to our old nickname of the T-sippers, an intended slur from our cross-state buddies in College Station who wanted those early Texas students to seem less manly with the image of them sitting around "sipping tea". Much like our mentor and spoiler of the class curve, Mr. Lusk, I, too am addicted to a substance, although mine is liquid in nature. I inherited from my Dad a life-long love of Coca-Cola, and I'm guessing that some day, I'll be found in the ICU unit of a Dallas hospital with a large IV bag of Coke attached to my arm as a life-support mechanism. Joe, Believe me, Leah is certainly not to run away from, and I definitely did not. She is a very attractive young lady, who as I pointed out somewhere else on the blog, is a great hugger and a wonderful conversationalist. But, please don't feel challenged or envious, Francisco, it was purely platonic. She is, after all, my daughter's age! Paco, Speaking of my daughter and your newfound title (congratulations, by the way), when she was in junior high, my firstborn spent several summers taking riding lessons at a stable near our house. She absolutely loved doing that, almost as much as she loved a series of sci-fi movies that were in their early days of popularity. So, it seemed fitting that we combined her two loves and got her a shirt that featured a large equestrian image and the words "May the Horse be with you!" External Blog Boy and Tea-sipper friend of Leah's 🙂 ... View more

Well, this is only marginally off-track from the original point of this blog piece, but am I the only one here old enough to remember the days of opening a package of peanuts and pouring them into one of those 6.5 oz green glass bottles of Coke and consuming them together? What a great memory THAT is! External Blog Boy and admitted Coke-aholic Kim 🙂 ... View more

Hollee, What a pretty picture! I'll bet your flowerbeds are the talk of the neighborhood. Although it is not worth organizing a botanical festival or major journey to our house each spring, our kids have always looked forward to the appearance of their mother's fall planting efforts as well. Each spring, we are rewarded with the sight of many bulbs coming up in our flowerbeds, too, and my wife takes extra care to mix and mingle the varieties to come up in a non-boring pattern. The assortment of 60 watt bulbs inbetween 75 watters, neatly surrounded by 40 watt refrigerator bulbs and a few 50-150-250 three-way bulbs, really lights up our neighborhood! Kim 🙂 ... View more

USS Blog Boy, I'm a bit short on cash, would you take a book of SW Drink Coupons instead? External Blog Boy 🙂 ... View more

Jim, Have you considered ELP Blog Boy? Of course, that might sound like you were choking... Or, Blog Boy de Paso del Norte? For all you folks who love/hate dry roasted or love/hate honey roasted, I'll gladly swap any Plane Crackers for your unwanted peanuts. Those plane crackers just don't fly with me. The first time I got a bag of them, I looked at the drawing and got all excited, because I thought they were going to be the SWA equivalent of Animal Crackers, which I DO love. (I'm referring to the snack, although the movie wasn't bad, either) However, as far as I'm concerned, there is a word misspelled in the title. They should be called "plain" crackers. BLAH. Joe, At least you should have considered yourself lucky. At age 13, think how embarrassing it would have been for a female flight attendant to find you crawling on the floor under the seats and to have asked you what you were looking for. Kim 🙂 🙂 ... View more

Erin, Howdy from the Lone Star State! Tell ya what, even though you chose to bring up another memory that I've tried to repress, I will be glad to cheer for the Ducks of my new Irish Oreganian friend! But, in return, you have to promise to cheer for the other Texas team tonight. My friends and fellow Texans from College Station are playing UNLV, and I always cheer for the Aggies as long as they aren't playing my Longhorns. While we're talking about how great our states are, I don't want to brag, but when was the last time you got to fly on Oregon One? LOL Kim, quietly munching on some candy corn with jalapenos and picante sauce 🙂 ... View more

Francisco, Big deal. What I want to know is how high the bidding has gotten for Brian's autograph? Kim 🙂 ... View more

Hey Jeramy, If you'd like a brush with real greatness, my son tells me that after a recent home game, the team gathered around the student section for pictures and to shake hands. While posing for a picture for someone else, Kevin Durant was nearly draped over my 6' 3" son and managed to wipe some sweat all over his shoulder. Would you like my son's autograph? LOL Kim 🙂 ... View more

Mary, What a great blog piece! Yes, you are quite correct -- it CAN be, ummm, entertaining to watch folks try to get into those wonderful little bags of nourishment. I love your sense of humor at describing the activity surrounding "snack time" onboard, because at one time or another, I've seen all of the things you've described. Personally, I employ the "Popeye" approach made famous on hundreds of cartoons by the spinach-eating sailor. I grab the bag with my right hand, and using my massive forearm muscles that resemble those of our favorite naval person (after USS Blog Boy, of course), I squeeze the bag and all of the peanuts fly up in a perfect arc through the air and into my waiting mouth. It does require a fair amount of scientific calculation, though, to take into account the acceleration of the peanuts relative to the blowing air from the three overhead vents above each seat in the cabin and the forward velocity of the plane measured in adjusted ground speed. Happy munching, Kim :) P. S. In the display of peanuts that you've noted above, I am one of the HALF nuts; Brian, however, is a complete nut. ... View more

Hmmmm, If you say so, I'll believe you, Brian, since I know the Blog Boy wouldn't lie. But, I still think "Duck" is what the members of Jeramy's Un Successful College said whenever Kevin Durant came in over their heads to stuff the basket. The good thing is that if Erin is a member of the Southwest Family, she'll know I was just teasing her anyway! Howdy, Erin -- I've never met an Irish-Oreganian. I'm sure that Brian listed them in that order so he wouldn't get confused. If he had reversed it, he might have said you were an "Ore-Ida"... Kim 🙂 ... View more

Erin, Is that really your name, or is this just Jeramy using a made-up name to try to continue to taunt me with some imaginary victory that he thought he saw in some hallucination? You folks are trying to gang up on me and make me believe that my beloved alma mater lost that game against the University of Sorry Californians, aren'tcha? Well, I'm not falling for your tricks. Just because you wish you had won, Jeramy, there is no reason to be ashamed to admit what REALLY happened. You may think that I didn't notice that fact that you made up a name like "Erin Gallagher" right after St. Patrick's Day, but I'm much too quick to fall for that transparent of a ruse. Joe, I appreciate you 'splainin' things to me. I thought that piece of paper was supposed to go in the bottom of the bird cage. That also gives me a clue as to why my parrot keeps repeating the phrases "additional charges", "add-on fees" and "federal excise supplemental extra superfluous taxes". Hook 'em Horns from the land of the Champions of the Universe, Kim :) P. S. Keep tryin' to rub it in, Jeramy, but don't forget where your CEO went to school. He who laughs loudest often laughs from his newest assignment as Station Manager for Southwest's newest destination, McMurdo Station, Antarctica. ... View more