A Cutback on Paddy McEye

No posts in the last few days -- Plotnik has a feeling he's been Paddy McEye'ing too much lately. That little screen, or the position you're in when you use it -- well, when your eyes start to hurt it's time to cut back.

Plot and Duck are going to Spain and Portugal in the fall. With a little maneuvering they can fly from SF to Madrid, and Barcelona back to New York on the last of their frequent fliers, and then will only have to get back home on their own dime. After that, though -- well, that nice airline free ride has lasted a long time.

They could skip NY and fly all the way home for free, but -- y'know. A stop for real food will be nice after eating ham and squid for several weeks. And they know a few people in Brooklyn.

It is surprisingly easy to book United frequent fliers these days -- why is that? It used to be you had to go out a year to find a free seat anywhere, but now that they've merged with Continental they are either allowing more seats per plane (very doubtful) or people are just traveling less (more likely). Plotnik had forgotten about his Australian gigs, which accrued miles on Continental, that just sat there in his Continental account until United revitalized them. Thank you very much, dear merger mania.

He's thinking about making these delicious looking empamosas -- a combination of empanadas and samosas -- for the party Saturday.