Another Reoccuring Feature

So, I figured what the hey. I've decided that I would start posting when someone of note (no matter how little that note might be) is on a flight with me. People often ask me about this so it seems like an interesting topic to Blog. These are somewhat rare occurrences for me as I'm often the last person to know who someone is.
This is exactly what happened last night when one of my co-workers pointed out that Jason Earles was on the plane coming up to Winnipeg last night. My co-worker actually had to tell me who he was, as I was clueless. Turns out, he plays Hannah Montana's brother on her eponymous Disney show. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489118/ He's 32 years old according to IMBD but he's MAYBE 5ft 4in tall and looks like he's possible 10 years old.

Oddly, Winnipeg seems to be the hot spot for autumn C-list actor sightings as the last time I was here I had Rebecca De Mornay http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000360/ and Jamie King http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0454809/ on my flight.

Since this is my first post on the subject in my nearly 10 years of flying, I'll take a second to catch you up on others from past years.

Sheryl Crow http://www.sherylcrow.com/ is the source of one of my best stories. I had Ms. Crow (a favorite of mine) on a flight from Memphis to Los Angeles just months before her "C'mon C'mon" album was released. She ate dinner, fell asleep and woke up in LA. I claim inspiration for one of her songs on her album as it starts "I fell asleep in Memphis and woke up in Hollywood". I'm glad that I could inspire a great artist, now if I could just get a royalty check or two!

Others, without any stories, include Mitch Albom http://mitchalbom.com/ author of "Tuesdays With Morrie" and others. Not to mention a pretty good sports reporter as well. Alice Cooper and his entire band, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Ron Jeremy (yes...THAT Ron Jeremy) http://ronjeremy.com/ (Not "OVER THE SHOULDER" friendly!!!), Willard Scott (who told me I had a wonderful voice!!!), Montel Williams and Tubby Smith (Minnesota Gopher Head Basketball coach). Minnesota locals will recognize Tom Petters (who, sadly, was on his way to the trial of the man who had murdered his son in Italy).

I can't say that I've had bad experiences with any of them and most have been gracious and just happy to be left alone.

I look forward to posting more celebrity sightings as they happen!

Reoccuring "Classic Facebook Status" posting

Joy Bast

just dropped skittles in the toilet and flushed... it was like a 10 second Nascar race

I just cut and pasted this from Wikipedia.

Wesley Carter "Wes" Welker (born May 1, 1981 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is an American football wide receiver for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He played collegiately at Texas Tech. He is one of only two players in NFL history to ever have converted a field goal, converted an extra point, recorded a tackle, get a blow-job at halftime, and fielded a punt and kickoff return all in the same game. He and T. J. Houshmandzadeh shared league leader honors for receptions during the 2007 season.

Funny spoof of NWA 188. The one that missed the airport.

SPAM Shopping

A couple of pictures of all the things that Hormel will sell you. It's an impressive (and tasty!!) list.


The big SPAM burger hanging on the ceiling!

SPAM Around the World!

A couple of maps showing all the places that SPAM goes!


Here I am auditioning for a spot on the Hormel SPAM production line.

Some former Dinty Moore products.

Canned Ox joints??? Yum!

Look! A can of SPAM with more HAMMY!