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Costa Rica had a 2-1 lead over the United States going into extra time in their World Cup qualifier. Honduras had just beaten El Salvador 1-0 and needed a US win or tie to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa next year. In the final minute of extra time, the United States scored making it a 2-2 tie and propelling Honduras into the World Cup.
You think these guys were excited?
Accountants have rigged the system. They create a stream to track the ancillary revenue from fees and they look like heroes when they can report they earned the airline millions of dollars of "new" revenue. But ask them if they can track the revenue we lose because passengers booked away or chose not to fly and they look at you like you have nine heads. The bean counters can't track the revenue dilution of all these new fees. They don't want to. We miss the forest for the goddamed trees all the time. And the CEO acts as if fees are found cash. Meanwhile, no one asks why our overall revenue is plunging and we're losing money quarter after quarter. Everyone acts as if one thing has nothing to do with the other.
My family of four flew to Buffalo recently and checked three bags. Delta charged us something like $20 per bag. That's $120 round trip. How much are fees costing the airline industry?
This one keeps you dry...in the shower. Also check out the cigarette holder that lets you smoke a whole pack of cigarettes at the same time.
On Sunday, I'm running the Royal Victoria Marathon to raise money to help fight cancer. I'll be running 26.2 miles in honor of my friends Drew, Ellen, Todd and Carlos who are winning their battles and in memory of our team mate Katie Reich, who used to run with us, who lost her fight against cancer last year. I'm about $1,300 away from my goal of raising $3,800. You can help by making a donation here. I'll do all the running.
And while I'm proud of the money we're raising--our Silicon Valley Team In Training team has collectively raised over $300,000 this summer--Drew Carey is really upping the ante. On Saturday, @drew announced that he was going to auction off his Twitter name to raise money for Livestrong. Almost immediately, Drew Carey (@drewfromtv) jumped in with a $25k bid. Then, just a day or so later, he upped his bid to $100k if he could get 100,000 followers by November 9. So far, he's added almost 40,000 new followers and is now up over 50,000. The 100k is well within reach.
So while that's all going well, @drewfromtv upped his bid AGAIN today. The new challenge is 1 million followers by midnight, December 31. And his new pledge is $1 MILLION. That buys a lot of research.
So now there are two really easy ways for you to help us find a cure. First, you can donate a few bucks (sponsoring $1 per mile is only $26.20) and let me do all the running on Sunday. Your job is to just sit on your couch and watch football knowing you're helping the fight against cancer. Then, while you're still just sitting on your couch watching football, go follow @drewfromtv on Twitter. That's a lot of good you can do while sitting on the couch.Thanks for your help.
