13 August 2010  Coffee Mug Browsing  As an itinerant friar, I
travel a lot.  Mostly by airplane. My experiences are almost
always good ones.  There have been times, however, when I wish
the plane had an on-board disciplinarian empowered to smack
selfish passengers. . .particularly those who jump up and grab
their overhead baggage and stand in the aisle.  I always want to
ask, "Do you think the plane is going to take off again with you
on it?"  SMACK!  Hmmmm. . .maybe the flight attendant in
question here is not the folk hero he is made out to be.  
What's good for the iman is good for the. . .um. . .drag queen? 
I dunno.  This point of this seems to be to show up the
hypocrisy of insisting on building a mosque next door to the
9/11 memorial in the name of tolerance and moderation.  Is this
a serious suggestion?  A mighty good suggestion:  work for a few
years out of high school before going to college.  Or do some
volunteer work, or join the military. . .I went straight from
high school to college to grad sc