Friday, October 30, 2009

Halloween Fun Facts


Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.



Jack o’ Lanterns originated in Ireland where people placed candles in hollowed-out turnips to keep away spirits and ghosts.



Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy in America.



Halloween candy sales average about 2 billion dollars annually in the United States.



Chocolate candy bars top the list as the most popular candy for trick-or-treaters with Snickers #1.



Halloween is the 2nd most commercially successful holiday, with Christmas being the first.



Monster Trivia & Folklore

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Signs of a werewolf are a unibrow, hairy palms, tattoos, and a long middle finger.



Vampires are mythical beings who defy death by sucking the blood of humans.




In about 1 in 4 autopsies, a major disease is discovered that was previously undetected.



Halloween Movie Details

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'Halloween" was made in only 21 days in 1978 on a very limited budget.



The movie was shot in the Spring and used fake autumn leaves.



The mask used by Michael Meyers in the movie "Halloween" was actually a William Shatner mask painted white.



The character Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis was named after John Carpenter's first girlfriend.



While the setting for the story is in Illinois, the license plates on the vehicles have California plates.



Halloween is on October 31st, the last day of the Celtic calendar. It was originally a pagan holiday, honoring the dead. Halloween was referred to as All Hallows Eve and dates back to over 2000 years ago.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Who's the friendliest in the sky?

One of my favorite travel websites just conducted an informal poll of its readers and asked which was their favorite airline. Below are the top 10:

10. USAirways
9. Virgin America
8. AirTran
7. Alaska
6. United
5. JetBlue
4. Delta
3. American
2. Continental
And the winner is:
1. Southwest


So what puts Southwest ahead of the pack? Is it their fares, customer service, or maybe the fact that they are the only airline on the list that does not charge a baggage fee?



Tell me, dear readers, what is your airline of choice, and what makes them so?



One random commenter will receive a set of shiny new ISA luggage tags!