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Photo ID Troubling, Adorable

By Brendan Alexander · Perplexed in Shanghai · No Comments

Baby with Passport and photoIf you’re like me I’m sure you have picture identification. Why? Because you wish to drive (legally), cash checks or cheques (also legally) or get into bars (hopefully legally, but let’s not kid each other).

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Packing No Fun… Wait, Why Am I Packing?

By Brendan Alexander · Perplexed in Shanghai · No Comments

packing for a trip to ChinaEarlier today, during an impromptu packing session, I witnessed much of what I own being folded into suitcases. That’s when it occurred to me, hang on a second, I’m hungry.

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Airline Offers ‘Peanuts for Pay’ Program

By Brendan Alexander · Perplexed in Shanghai · No Comments

airline offers peanuts for pay programAs a longstanding, if not highstanding entrepreneur, I’m always looking for a way to make a nut. Northwest Airlines has embraced me and my philosophy.

Cell phones are a great way to turn idle time into business time, even if you don’t crash your car. What about the unending time spent on airplanes? No more must you resign yourself to crossword puzzles, inaudible showings of Miss Congeniality and awkward conversation with strangers. Now you too can earn your way to a high protein, high oil diet while flying to O’Hare or JFK.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the mind-numbing time spent on flights as much as anyone, but there’s only so much Sky Mall magazine I can stomach. If you’ve always wanted more from your transit time, here’s your chance to go nuts, quite literally.

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Plane Sandwich Plain Delicious

By Brendan Alexander · Perplexed in Shanghai · No Comments

airline icecream sandwhiches plain deliciousNorthwest Airlines, long been renowned for their nuts and airplanes, has moved to the forefront in placating passengers with their latest potentially risky move. Sure, they have newspapers and beverages, but when you’re flying this close to heaven, now they give you a little taste of it.


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Flight Promises Never to End

By Brendan Alexander · Perplexed in Shanghai · No Comments

Flight Promises Never to EndStratosphere, Earth - Many of you have seen airplanes before, either on the ground of curiously suspended high in the air. I had a chance to experience one of these miraculous rattle-traptions myself, so I crawled all over it.


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