One Year Anny/Thanksgiving and Travel Thoughts

We launched on November 24, 2008. Thanks for everyone who's laid their eyes on MITM since then. I (we?) do it for the people.

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Airlines shouldn't say "pagers are not permitted at any time on the plane and should be shut off and put away." They should say "If you still have a pager, get off the plane and onto a time machine, if you are serious with that."

Like Wilson looks like he's put on a few lbs. in the new AT&T commercials bashing Verizon, don't you think?

If you're flying this Christmas, try to steer clear of these airports if at all possible. I thought Newark was much higher in years past. The most recent American Top 5 (or bottom 5 to travel through) are Atlanta (Jackson), Chicago (O'Hare), Los Angeles (LAX), Dallas (DFW) and Denver (really?). By God's grace I flew through/to/from O'Hare and DFW without a hitch on Thanksgiving week.

There's been talks of allowing cell phones on planes in the near future. This would be the worst thing that ever happened to airplanes. That is all.

Why wouldn't airlines just sneak the $10-$20 checked baggage fee into the airfare? There would be no public outcry and people wouldn't event realize fares are up a few percentage points. Southwest wouldn't have to film those dumb commercials with the baggage carriers all sappy about bags leaving or whatever. There are already less flights because of this economy which leads to more seats being filled per plane. Couple that with people trying to save $20-$100 on checked bags means bigger carry-ons. Flights are packed to the gills and more annoying to get on, off and be on than ever before. Ughhhhh I wish I had money for NetJets.

Tiger's other chick is pretty good looking. This is one of the craziest stories in recent memory. Elin's first instinct was to take a golf club through the back window? I really feel like it was more of a 10-16 (AKA a domestic disturbance) where Elin was screaming "You want to golf and leave me for weeks at a time? I can golf too (begins swinging golf club at his face and car)." Then cooler heads prevailed and they thought of a way to cover it up with a fake car accident.

-Jesse

UPDATE: Week 11 Power Rankings and World Series G6 Time Lapse

	Rank	SoS
IND	1	16.4	16.7
NOL	2	20.2	19.7
MIN	3	19.9	15.9
CIN	4	13.8	21.0
NE	5	16.4	15.3
ARI	6	16.9	20.4
PIT	7	14.6	19.6
SD	8	17.7	19.3
HOU	9	15.9	16.7
BAL	10	14.2	15.3
DEN	11	14.8	18.3
DAL	12	19.7	17.9
MIA	13	14.4	14.7
NYG	14	17.9	15.1
GB	15	18.2	16.3
CAR	16	17.3	12.6
SF	17	15.1	20.6
ATL	18	14.6	20.0
PHI	19	18.4	17.4
TEN	20	14.2	13.3
NYJ	21	15.1	14.0
JAC	22	18.0	14.4
CHI	23	16.7	15.3
BUF	24	16.4	15.6
SEA	25	16.0	17.9
DET	26	15.1	15.3
WAS	27	21.6	13.6
OAK	28	16.4	14.7
KC	29	18.7	13.9
TB	30	16.1	14.6
STL	31	15.3	15.1
CLE	32	11.9	17.7

IND - I don't think I need to change my view of them from Week 5. Peyton is still the MVP.

NOL - They have too easy of a schedule. Of the NFC contenders right now, all of them play in a dome. That bodes well for the Saints.

MIN - Dome games are good for an aging quarterback, too. Still, I worry that Brad the Beard is going to screw this up somehow.

CIN - As a Bengals fan, I can't believe it. It's too good to be true. Look for them to lose one of these next three cupcakes (OAK, CLE, DET).

NE - It was the right call. That being said, does anyone else still think the Pats could beat any other team besides the Colts?

ARI - Their remaining schedule is too easy NOT to go to the playoffs.

PIT - Steelers fans are complaining that the Bengals wouldn't have won without Polamalu. Umm, didn't those same fans repeatedly tell Cincy fans to stop complaining about the loss of Palmer in the playoffs and using it as an excuse. Guess what? You're two games back. See you in the playoffs.

SD - Must be nice to play Kansas City and Oakland twice a year.

HOU - I have no idea about what this team can do. For now, let's just assume that they can sneak into the playoffs.

BAL - MNF at its worst. How did this team go to the AFC championship last year? Was Rex Ryan that big of a reason?

DEN - This was the turd of a team that I thought they were at the beginning of the year. Chris Simms + Starting = Other team + Your $$.

DAL - Five weeks ago I said they'd win six games. I was wrong. I forgot how bad the NFC is outside of the Saints and Vikings.

MIA - Ronnie Brown being out for the year really hurts. That wildcat worked (depending on your definition) because of him. Ricky Williams is running like there’s no (pot) tomorrow.

NYG - The opposite of San Diego. They start hot and cool real quick. Get ready for three straight wins and everyone hopping back on the bandwagon.

GB - Note to Mike McCarthy: Please use Ryan Grant more. Thank you.

CAR - NFC is bad. It makes Carolina look good. They aren't. Miami proved that.

SF - Curse of the Crabtree (TMQ). The offense went straight to hell very quickly. Five picks by the D vs. Chicago, and you squeak out the victory? Not a good sign.

ATL - Very disappointing stretch. They get TB twice still, but it may be too late considering the have the Giants and Saints as well.

PHI - Brian Westbrook should not come back. He wasn't having a good year anyway. (Editor's note: the Lube Tube drafted him 5th overall in our FFL b/c he was making soup in the other room or something. HAHAHA!)

TEN - The Vince Young experience! Who would have thought that replacing Kerry Collins would have been a good idea? Everyone. Everyone.

NYJ - There is a reason so few QBs succeed as rookies. The speed of the game gets to them. Give it time Jets fans.

JAC - MJD has to stand for "Makes Jacksonville Decent."

CHI - I want to say that Cutler is now 24 - 27 as a starter. He also looks like he should be on ABC Family.

BUF - Glad Dickie boy got rid of that offensive coordinator. Really saved his job…..

SEA - Seattle 3-6. Cincy 7-2. Seems Housh may have been part of the problem.

DET - They looked decent (5-11) at the beginning of the year, but they'd be lucky to lose by only five points by now.

WAS - Awful. There is not one exciting thing about this team. Seriously. Not one.

OAK - Russell finally got benched. Glad to see they didn't have a backup QB.

KC - You beat Oakland. Congrats. That game was one of the bottom five worst I've ever watched.

TB - Pathetic. Oh, and thanks for beating Green Bay, and ruining every one of my bets.

STL - Steven Jackson is their only threat. He has to hate the fact that he's stuck there for his prime, because this team will not contend again.

CLE - It doesn't rally matter what they do on the field for the next two years. This is a major rebuild that is going to take a lot of patience.

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Thanks to Josh for this hot item. I encourage you all to take three minutes or so and watch this epic display of photography. Week 11 Power Rankings should be up later today

-Jesse