August 15, 2005
Fear of Flying

"Farewell, cousin, here we're frozen." These high-profile words have haunted me all day in the coverage of the terrible plane accident in Greece. I now see that they were not part of a text message from the doomed plane as first reported, but were actually a hoax. Not bad for last words, but I should have known that nothing that poetic could be real. Extra irony bonus: unfortunate Google ads at the bottom of this news story ("Stop your fear of flying!" and "Flight anxiety help--call now!")--since changed to tsunami relief ads because hey, one disaster metatag deserves another.

Posted at August 15, 2005 07:31 PM
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hey! AZ, breaker of news to me!

Posted by: mike on August 16, 2005 12:40 AM
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