THAT'S what it is, I knew it was a west-coast airport I've only been to once. Hated it, never want to do it again, probably will have to at some point.

I think it's the approach to PHX that's one of my least favorites - the approach path is full of sizeable buildings so it's a sharp drop once you're clear of them in order to get down to the runway. I'd much rather be prepared to jump into shallow (-ish) water than hit a structure full of people.

All passengers and crew are accounted for, according to various reports.

I'm not, you know, 100% knowledgeable on this, but my take on Christian modesty has always been that men and women are not supposed to be "stumbling blocks" to one another. There may be some rules in there that pertain to first century culture in the church, but there's nothing about making sure certain parts of you…

This is me! I started drinking about two years out of my super-conservative college, and I've been drunk exactly once. And that was because I was hate-watching Glee by myself in my hotel room (glamorous!). And after I annoyed every single one of my friends who happened to be on facebook at the time, I laid on my bed…

I actually was substituting at the same time as this to pick up some extra income, and I did love the flexible hours. It's a bit of a cliche to say you have your work family but sometimes you do get lucky. Also, I don't know how this particular restaurant is set up, but at mine, if I seated a table in a busy…

I was a host for about a year while I waited for my dream job to find me! I'd only worked in fast food/summer camps before then so it was a bit overwhelming at first, because I got almost 0 job training. I think the best things I learned were 1) grin and bear it when your manager yells at you in front of customers…

I got rejected by two different Dream Job companies before finally nailing my third interview. Keep trying, even if it takes longer than you'd like. You'll get there!

I visited Kenya a few years ago, and this happened to one of the safari vehicles we were following (I guess cheetahs really love jumping on top of land rovers??). He (or she, I suppose) approached our truck first, and the girl next to me started rolling up the window so we didn't DIE, and I yelled, "STOP, STOP, I…

The only time (so far) I've personally removed someone from a flight was a mother who couldn't keep her son seated during taxi. He kept sliding out from under the belt. She looked me in the eye and said, "I can't control him." So I called up front and we turned around and left her standing at the gate with her…

I highly recommend reading In The Land Of Invisible Women, about a British, US-based physician who worked in Saudi Arabia for awhile because of visa issues. It has some wonderful insights into veiling (required and not), as well as Islam itself.

If I'm interpreting correctly, they're trying to table the debate and move to a vote.

Since the filibuster could shelve the bill if it continued until midnight, I'm assuming that if the debate is not resolved/tabled, a vote can't be taken.

I once had a passenger (who was seated near the front of the airplane, which is where our only crew area is located) stop me in the aisle and tell me to smile more often. I then asked him if he gets stopped coming back from a nice coffee break chat with his co-workers to have total strangers tell him what to do with…

My thoughts exactly.

Well, that was 16 years ago, so I'm sure it's not true any more, especially with the economy downturn a few years ago. But it was at one point, that's for sure.

Because he is ridiculously cute and likeable; Glee is just shit and drags everyone down by association.

A lot of my memories of middle school consist of the early morning drive and hearing this on the radio multiple times: "Hi, y'all, it's the big-haired lady! There is now a Waffle House at EVERY interstate exit in Georgia!" Roll your eyes all you want, but that's a pretty impressive achievement.

Sorry, no matter what you or I think about the electronics rule, flight crew are required by the FAA and the airline to enfore the regulations in place. I don't have $10,000 to cough up if I don't tell someone to turn off their phone, so unless you'd like to spot me please stop making the flight crew the bad guy. …

People! Stop saying you (or your children) have flown more than "any pilot." Unless you ARE a pilot, that is simply not true. And it's annoying.