New American Airlines Plane

I took a flight over New Years on a newer American Airlines plane.

Well, interesting thing #1 is the padded lap belt.

It's got a fancy screen! But a design fail is the back seat pocket; I tried to put a coke bottle in it with little success. One guy did manage to squeeze in a water bottle, but he had to squish it a bit.

The seat belt latch is new...

Tim Tebow for Bobsled?

The boys doing the pushing are big boys who need both strength and speed. Herschel Walker did it, so there's a precedence. Well, just a thought.

Primary Languages of the Olympics

I'm not sure that it's really interesting or not, but the official languages of the Olympics are French (the IOC is located in the French speaking part of Switzerland) and English (because, uh, I guess English is the international language of business).