Let's Say Thanks

To honor U.S. military personnel and increase community morale, Xerox Corporation has created Let's Say Thanks, a national program designed to deliver millions of cards to servicemen and women overseas with messages of support from home.

It is really simple visit http://www.letssaythanks.com/, select a design for the front of the postcard, enter you name, hometown, state and then select a message or write you own.

Postcards personalized using LetsSayThanks.com will be printed in batches on a monthly basis, then bundled and sent along with care packages from Give2TheTroops.

Southwest Airlines Halloween 2006

So I already posted our Marketing Skit for SWA's Halloween. Well here is the Fun Tens (like the Bellagio Fountain) however the video doesn't do it justice. This will give you an idea of a SWA-style Halloween.

Favorite Thanksgiving Food?

This Wednesday is the Annual SWA Marketing, Revenue Management and Schedule Planning Thanksgiving Potluck. I promise that our lunch is just as good as it sounds. In honor of the upcoming Thanksgiving meals, what is your favorite thanksgiving food?

Mine? Cranberry Sauce...I can't eat the turkey without it!

The Unluckiest Weekend in Sports

Being a sports fan can be so cruel at times. Mark November 2-5 down for me.

November 2 – Opening Night for the Mavs vs. the Spurs : Mavs 91 – Spurs 97
I got goose bumps as we drove up to the AAC on Thursday night. It was opening season for the Mavs season. Our family will prepare for a trip or two each week to watch our beloved Mavs play. (It wasn’t that long ago that we left in a rush as the Heat took the NBA trophy away from Dallas…but the start of the new season opens with a clean page.) For those of you living outside the State of Texas, the Mavs vs. Spurs game is a big state event. (Those Spurs fans are crazy) Several of my co-workers are from San Antonio and I believe they may shout Go Spurs Go during sleep. So the match-up for Game One couldn’t have been better. All through the game…I watched and counted every shot but somehow the game got away from us in the fourth quarter. BOO!
This season opening game…opened my unluckiest weekend in sports.

November 3 – Colleyville vs. Keller : Colleyville 19 - Keller 22
My father-in-law has been the assistant football coach of the Colleyville Heritage Panthers since the school’s inception (Sam’s senior year). Many say that this year’s team is one of the best. Going into Friday’s game, they were 6-2 with the two losses to two of Texas’ best. Up against the 1-7 Keller Indians, the Panthers were looking forward to a win. In a fluke overtime last minute call by the officials…the Panthers LOST.

At this point…I’m starting to think my bad luck was making me a bad fan.

November 4 – Tennessee vs. LSU: Tennessee 24 - Tigers 28
The Vols and Tigers game has always been a fun for me. Maybe because Tiger fans are crazy….maybe because last year I got to attend the greatest of the UT vs. LSU Monday night game in LA…maybe because it is always exciting… Anyway after watching a few quarters, I really thought my Vols would have it. However that was one unlucky fourth quarter…sorry Vols.

Up until this next point most losses were in the last minutes or in overtime. The bad luck continues…

Mavs vs. Rockets : Mavs 76- Rockets 107
Another Texas rivalry. My only question…how does a Finals Mavs team lose by 30 to the nonplayoff Rockets?

November 5 – Cowboys vs. Washington – Cowboys 19 – Washington 22
By Sunday…I knew the Cowboys would lose…but could the end have been more unlucky? A field goal loss with no-time on the clock after a blocked field goal attempt including a facemask for 15 yards and another play for Washington. The 4-4 TO Cowboys sure don’t look so good for the post-season.

I repeat ONE UNLUCKY WEEKEND….five losses. Hopefully I won’t have another one of these again soon!

Chocolate at 9:15 am?

Throughout the Halloween season, my co-workers have supplied our office with a wealth of chocolate and candy. We've become somewhat accustomed to chocolate during the day. However today I believe I crossed a boundary, as I opened started by first Reese's at 9:15. So my question to you is…is there a start time on when chocolate can be consumed?

Happy Halloween

Halloween is my favorite non-Christmas holiday. The costumes, the candy, the fun...what isn't to like? Thankfully for me...Southwest Airlines feels the same way. Friday, October 28, was our Haunted Headquarters. Words cannot describe halloween Southwest style. (For those from Lipscomb, it is Singarama-like). Our CEO dressed up like Captain Jack Sparrow. The finance department recreated Disney's Pirates of the Caribean ride with canoes on wheels and live actors recreating the scenes from the ride. (WOW!) Each department creates 15 minute skits with scenes, songs, lines and costumes. Skits for this year included...Herb @Nite, Viva, Las … What?, The Wizard of POZ, Midsummer Flight’s Dream, Saturday Flight Live and few others.

My department's theme was Las Vegas. To stick with the theme...my team dressed up like a royal flush including our dealer. We were even semi-finalists in the Company costume contest.

My co-worker Kris and her twin girls were Via Rock Vegas as the Flinstones.

Aren't her twin babies beautiful? I

had to get Kris to look at the pictures to make sure I was posting one picture of each girl rather than the same girl for two pictures (they are identical). My halloween pictures were mostly of these sweet baby girls (but they were much cuter than most halloween decorations.