Why I LUV Southwest Airlines

I LUV Southwest Airlines! This is a copy of a letter that I sent to an HR department (with locations and names scrubbed).

Dear _____

On March 12th, I traveled to _____ for an interview on the  _____ . This notes explains why I'm enclosing a receipt from Southwest Airlines for  _____ . In short, Southwest Airlines got me to San Antonio without significantly disrupting the following day's schedule; my original airline (American) could not.

Details:

My original flight from Bradley Airport (Windsor Locks, CT) was scheduled for 1210 on  American Airlines 357. An hour after the scheduled departure time, the pilot announced that the plane was not airworthy (failed generator seal on the right engine, which leaked oil).

American Airlines re-booked me on AA 2495 leaving at 550pm. At the earliest, this would get me into San Antonio around midnight. Complicating the matter, a line of storms in the midwest (Chicago area) were causing flight delays for arriving flights. There was no guarantee that the flight would be on time to make the last Dallas connection to San Antonio.

I called the  _____ HR department who transferred me to the travel department. The travel department lady found a flight through Detroit. The gate agents were “strongly suggesting” not changing to the other flight on Delta since it “would get stuck in Detroit” because of the weather. The code-sharing major airlines have little-to-no excess capacity to deal with difficulties.

The travel department lady apparently sent an email through HR indicating that the following day's interview schedule would need to be pushed back. I was running out of options. I asked  _____  if Southwest Airlines had a flight; she couldn't see any open seats.

When I personally talked to the Southwest Airlines gate agent, there was a flight and connection that would arrive in San Antonio at 10pm. I called _____ again to coordinate refunding the AA ticket. American Airlines refunded  _____  for an unused ticket thought the travel department. I bought the Southwest Airlines ticket with my credit card at the check-in gate.

The Southwest Airlines flight was only 1/2 full. The flight arrived on time with no difficulties. I was able to stick to the original interview schedule. Southwest Airlines saved the day.

Sincerely,
_____

Holy Week Prayer

 My 1.5 year old son and I pray before he goes to sleep. This holy week, he did something interesting.

We prayed the Our Father.
We prayed for our family and for others.
I asked my son if he had a prayer.
He responds by pointing at a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe on our wall and saying "mama".

What more could a dad be happy to see and hear?

Chinese History Lesson

Forfeiture

Plunder Quote

When plunder has become a way of life for a group of people living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it, and a moral code that glorifies it.

Frederic Bastiat

The Banned in CT Game!

And now we turn to a new segment of this blog called Banned in CT, where you try to determine which item gives heart palpitations to the nanny state.

Which of the following is banned in CT? Pick one.

Item 1:  Thirty (30) round Glock magazine. Originally designed for a fully automatic machine gun.

Item 2: Glock 17, semi-automatic handgun. Compatible with magazine described above.

Item 3: NATO fuel can. 5 Gallon, spill proof, leak proof. Metal construction. Transports dangerous hydrocarbon liquids. Design can rupture under extreme strain creating flaming disaster.

Item 4: Flechettes. Banned in FL. One inch long flying nail. Bends into fish-hook on entry, then the tail detaches and becomes secondary wound generator. Cheap. One pound of surplus flechettes for $20.

Item 5: AK47 bayonet. Imported from Former Warsaw-Pact East Germany. Has 5.75 inch carbon steel blade. Combines with sheath to form wirecutter. Used by socialist peasants for population control.

Item 6: Actual AK47 style semi-automatic rifle in 5.45x39 with pinned muzzle brake and no bayonet lug.

Item 7: Red Bull "Energy Drink". Contains caffeine. Metal can. Sharp edges. Mitigates government school mandated hyper-active medications in school children. Addictive and changes brain chemistry. Advertisements suggest physiological changes to humans.

Item 8: Hummer H2. Military style vehicle. Count its gas mileage on one hand. Hated by pious Prius owners.

Time to pick the banned item. Answer after the video....








Answer:
The banned item was the 5 gallon gas tank. CT requires a special vapor sealed tank. Instead, I had to buy an expensive "certified" tank. It doesn't work.

The sleeping giant awakens...

The enemy hates these priests. Pray for priests and bishops.