I don’t mean to come across as rude or argumentative, but trust me: today it is TOTALLY about the destination……

In 1803 the United States paid France 15 million dollars for 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River known as the Louisiana Territory. This price includes 9 dollars for the area of New Orleans that we now call the “French Quarter.”…

Oh, c’mon lady – just because your armrest has a button on it that will make your seat recline, you do not have to feel compelled to use it. I mean, look – your armrest has a little ashtray built into it too, but I don’t see you lighting up a stogie. In fact, I think it is actually illegal to do either. If you think I am lying, why not just turn around and take a poll of the guy sitting directly behind you and see …

But if you do what you really love, you will wake up before you want to, get home later than you meant to, drive across state lines 6 days in a row, work through the weekend in a place most folks go for vacation, schedule your showers between morning phone calls because you won’t get to them otherwise, and live out of a suitcase via containers that hold 3 ounces or less. Now that is true love.…