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	Phil's Blogservations Saturday, October 08, 2005 Posted by philgomes 6:40 PM Remembering JFK To LAX Remembering JFK To LAX We were about an hour-and-a-half delayed. "Mechanical problems." The pilot backed away from the gate anyway, probably because it would go down in the tower's log as an "on-time departure". The passenger next to me recounted his stint in the Israeli army during the Six-Day War. ("The Syrians had captured me when I was a student. I was among the first group of hostages to ever be returned to Israel in one piece. It made me feel better to come back as an adult... and armed.") The guy in front of him was watching a DVD of The West Wing on his laptop. The guy to my left didn't speak English and my Spanish is meager at best. Type O Negative's October Rust was playing on my MP3 player. My girlfriend's girlfriend. She looks like you. My girlfriend's girlfriend. She's my girl too. As it turned out, Al Pacino was on the plane. I saw him go through the JFK inspection arch with a bunch of his handlers. While getting on the plane, I happened to walk past his seat on the way to coach. I let out a muted yell of "Attica!" He didn't seem to notice. Or maybe he wasn't Al Pacino. And maybe you've never even seen Dog Day Afternoon, in which case this story is probably completely lost on you. Anyway... Something else evidently happened, because my typed up notes from Thursday's panel look no better now than when I opened them up to edit them on my laptop during the delay. Soon. HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.