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WDW, Delta Airlines, The awful Mist
Author: bob05.20.2008
20 May 2008
Who Dares Wins
People have asked why I’m starting with Wins, going to Who and then on to Dares. Why not do them in order?
Because I don’t want to.
Just joking.
I start with Wins because goals come first. Then we move on to character. Then to Dares, because the last part is what really makes WDW different: daring to be different, to take chances in the face of fear.
The real key, though, is that this is a process, not an end result. So once you hit step nine, you cycle back to one. I’m putting exercises in each step of the manuscript. When you get to the end of the book, you re-take those exercises and see how your answers have changed. The goals you thought you wanted at the very beginning will change based on the steps that followed your initial laying out of your goals.
Bob Land: Ok. I was flying to LA from Seattle. I check in at the kiosk for Delta and when I get to number of bags to check I see “free” under one and that’s it. A little warning light goes off in the kiosk of my brain and when I push two bags to check it tells me to cough up $25.
I was not thrilled.
I understand the cost of rising fuel has the airlines on the ropes. But if they can send me an email telling me my flight’s been changed by two minutes on arrival, you think they’d let me know this little detail. The Delta rep behind the counter could have cared less. Even when I pointed out I’d bought my ticket before they decided to change their policy. Thought we had some sort of contract here? If I’d missed my flight, they sure as hell wouldn’t give me back my money.
Then, to make things worse, I get to the terminal and the Delta Crown Room is closed. Shut down. So here’s my American Express Business Platinum, which I paid a lot of money for, being worthless.
Bob was not happy.
So call me one-bag Bob now.
It’s new.
It’s shiny.
It has four wheels.
Deb hates it.
Movies and Books:
James Frey seems to have resurrected himself. It’s America. Everyone gets a second chance. I guess.
My neighbor, Elizabeth George is out on book tour with her new book Careless in Red. Apparently it’s a good book. It’s too heavy for me to pick up. Although I do get emails from her on the road complaining about how hard it is. I always reply with: Living The Dream.
I am so pissed at the end of The Mist. I loved the short story. Watched the movie. They changed the ending. Horrible, totally unredeeming, disgusting, gross. It was done by the same guy who did Shawshank Redemption. While I liked that movie the guy also made one important change I thought took away from the core of the story: he made the hero innocent. In the short story, he was guilty. If he was innocent where the heck is the redemption?
Blog Special:
Don’t Look Down hardcover signed by what’s her name and me. $5
May 20th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Oh Yay I’m first! Oh, crap, got so excited I forgot what I wanted to say.
Deb hates your bag? Have the J-meister decoupage it for you. It will look FAB-ulos! I’m surprised you missed the Delta intel- it made the national news.
Thanks for the review of the Mist. Saved me $2.99.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
“Signed by what’s her name”? Living dangerously there One-Bag-Bob.
I just remembered it’s Tuesday, so this must be Bob Land.
One bag for a trip is perfect. Saves on choices of what to pack, although if you’re going for more than a couple of days…you manage.
Movies I rarely go to anymore; I’d rather read books or write my own which I’m working on.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
You’re sounding very chipper. Must be the new bag. Ignore Deb, she’s probably jealous. Grin. Everyone wants a macho bag with four wheels.
Wins Who Dares. Makes sense, I think.
If I put it into girlie language, I was reading about a new at home women’s micro-dermabrasion treatment today and thinking about buying it.
So my Win is the goal of buying the product. The Who is the me. The Dare is to get up the courage to do this although I might burn my skin or something.
With this product, you start off at a low level gradually building to make sure you don’t have a reaction. And you keep advancing the level over 21 days. And when you’re done you take a breather for ten days and assess your progress and give your skin a rest, then you start all over again at the first level.
See, I’ve got it, I do understand WDW.
May 20th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
One bag–I always take just a carry-on–humm…but if absolutely needed, I suppose one could send stuff through the post office to a hotel. Or not.
Sorry to hear you were sick. Working on so many novels at one time, in such a short time, is very demanding. Takes someone like you to make it work.
Besides the warning light, what’s in the kiosk of your brain? (Clever!) Lots of interesting stuff, I bet (since a kiosk is a stand-alone device that provides information & services). Specially if it’s Bob-land. Maps? GPS tracking? Messaging? Phone book? Recording device? Bet it’s better than your I-phone. And since you’re probably always prepared, for anything, I’ll guess you have two, an extra with special functions & parallel processing.
Really enjoying the new, improved Blog! It’s fun to be in Bob land.
May 20th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
One-Bag Bob. Could be worse. We call my nephew One-Nut Jack due to a problem with his testicle never descending. He doesn’t seem to mind.
Too bad about the baggage fee. At least it seems as though your travel weather is improving. Joan’s car spent a week in the shop getting the hail damage from Oklahoma worked out of it. At least we had a place to take cover.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:27 am
Yeah, well not a big fan of Delta anyway. Sort of hope it sinks back to hell where came from and take AT&T with it.
The Mist…Reminds me of the mess they made with “The Shining” by casting Jack Nicholson. The whole thing that made the book so terrifying was the disintegration of sanity. Yet, Jackie boy seems crazy as a bed bug to start with. So, thanks for the intel. One more movie I won’t waste my time watching.
May 21st, 2008 at 5:09 am
You took two bags to LA? For the weekend? Two? What the heck was in them? Do you even own that many clothes?
Never mind. I should focus on defining a worthy goal. So I can prepare to WIN. But all I can think of is really bad two-bagger jokes. So glad you’ve decided you can function with just one.
GOAL: Earn more money doing less work. Something tells me I need to be more specific. Or something.
Two bags. What did you do, pack a wet suit and scuba gear?
May 21st, 2008 at 7:16 am
I guess I’m one-bag-McB then. I’d do 2 bags, but who would carry the other one? Mine is not new and shiny. It is also not decorated because I am not crafty. I’m thinking of bringing my suitcase with me at the next Bob and Jenny show and asking her to do it for me.
“The real key, though, is that this is a process, not an end result.”
An important life lesson which too many people never realize. They need to spend some time in Bob Land.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:15 am
American Airlines just announced that they will charge for EVERY checked bag. We’ll have to watch to see if the other airlines follow - they usually all do once one finds a way to make extra money.
May 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Just saw this article “American Airlines will now charge $15 for any bag starting in June.”
May 21st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Charging for every checked bag? That’s going to make for some really crowded overhead bins. And business travelers will be screaming bloody murder. I wonder how they’ll expense that?
May 21st, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Hi Bob. Apparently the Internet creeps at work will not let me comment on anything anymore - so my comment went straight into spam. Of course, my comment was so pithy and informative, that you will want to go find it (joking).
Anyway, enjoying your new Bobland.
Shiny huh??? No wonder Deb hates it!!
I was going to tell you about American Airlines, but Donna beat me to it.
Don’t forget, Hannah has invited us for drinks during the summer solstice.
May 25th, 2008 at 8:10 am
It’s the four wheels that are important. And the fact that it will last longer than his last bag, but mostly it’s four wheels. I’ll never buy another bag with two again.
I could get some camo and cover it but I think Bob likes the silver. Classic. Like stainless steel. And eventually, his hair.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Hey Bob, just wanted to personally thank you for your service to our country.
Gotta run, have a couple million more to thank. Gonna be a busy day.
May 26th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Thank you, Bob. I’m grateful for your service. And damn glad you survived it.
May 26th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Ditto, what BCB said. And damn glad you survived it.
(Seems too easy, though, to just say “thank you,” considering everything. And I’m certain other people feel the same.)
May 27th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Okay, if Wednesday is Humpday then Tuesday is Bobblog day. Where’s blog, Bob? I need my fix, I’m jonesin over here.
May 27th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
It’s Tuesday the 27th and no new Bobland blog…maybe he’s still under the weather. Bob, get better so you can write another interesting post. Your readers are waiting.