I’ve hated United ever since they screwed me over in November of ’08. I would write all about the ordeal but Dave Carroll has made an incredible song that pretty much cleverly sums up how much United Airlines sucks.
In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didn’t deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say “no†to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world. United: Song 1 is the first of those songs. United: Song 2 has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming. I promise.
The French did something right
Everyone always gives the French a bad rap. But if it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t have something that everyone enjoys. On this day, July 5th, 1946, the French introduced the bikini to the world.
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