Comments on: Crossing the country: night flight https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/ A blog about political change, among other things Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:10:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: saintknowitall https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-32865 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:10:48 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-32865 WICHITA!!! That is where I live. Small world. Wonder if I know your friends there. Probably not, with close to 500k people in the metro area, probably not possible.

]]> By: Assistant Village Idiot https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-32023 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:45:24 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-32023 I’m the snoring seatmate. I just learned I can bring my C-PAP onboard on the way to Romania this summer for a wedding. Rejoice.

Though I have a great fear of falling and heights, and flying provokes imaginings I will not share for fear of suggesting new worries to others, I have always found night flights romantic. I like to try and discern where we are, and like you, wonder about friends below. This is in great contrast to night driving for distance. Every interstate is the same at night, with the same food, hotel, and gas stations listed on the blue signs. Day: drive. Night: flight.

]]> By: Yehudit https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-32010 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 01:53:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-32010 “For me this involves not enough sleep the night before as I pack and suddenly realize in the wee hours of the morning that I can’t take half of what I’d planned to, and that even the remaining half is way too much.”

Yup. I’m glad I’m not the only one with trip packing disability.

I flew British Air to Israel and they also had the little TVs on the back of the seats.

]]> By: Thomas https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31956 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:48:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31956 Neo,

I stumbled across you blog by accident and I’m glad I did. This was a moving picture of air travel, though I normally don’t find flying very thought-provoking. To me, being stuffed into what amounts to a flying aluminum can next to a snoring seat-mate does not invoke deep thoughts in me.

I particularly like your reflections on the Grand Canyon, that “wondrous cleft in the world”. That’s a very good description.

Cheers!

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31952 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:23:50 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31952 ice weasel: it’s a common misconception that it was fear that shaped my thinking post-9/11. It was not. I have, however, written about half of the story of the change so far, in my series “A mind is a difficult thing to change.” Links to all the posts written so far in the series are on the right sidebar under the category of that name.

]]> By: mary https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31951 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:03:45 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31951 In my youth I often used to do the cross-country drive–with companion, of course. Many, many times. So I know what it’s like to drive through the plains, to traverse the mountains and the deserts, to go the northern route and the southern route and the in-between route, back when motels cost about twenty-five dollars and many of them were one-of-a-kind rather than chains.

I did the cross country route with the kids many times in the last decade. A room at a Comfort Inn in the midwest can still be had for around $35 (With a free breakfast donut, often chocolate with jimmies)

The drive is fun, but it does take a lot of time, and sitting, and food that can often range from bland to inedible. Flying is usually the better choice.

Enjoy SoCal – and congrats on your escape from the mud and melting snow!

]]> By: EJ Smith https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31950 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:16:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31950 Nice post.
Welcome to SOCAL.

Lovely day today.
In the desert anyway.

I was drawn to your blog by the name.

Have a good day.

]]> By: Daniel in Brookline https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31940 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:14:27 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31940 Very nice indeed, Neo!

I agree with the Ice Weasel — you should think about a book. How about “The Best of Neo-Neocon”? (Okay, lousy title, but you get the idea.) Say, two hundred pages or so of your favorite thought-provoking blog posts. I’d buy it.

On a more pedestrian note: you probably got an excellent deal on JetBlue — but you had to fly out of Logan! Personally, I prefer to use Manchester NH or Providence (both small airports, both serviced by Southwest). As always, your mileage may vary.

respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline

]]> By: Fausta https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31937 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:54:09 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31937 Beautiful post, Neo!

]]> By: ice weasel https://thenewneo.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31931 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:32:38 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2007/03/21/crossing-the-country-night-flight/#comment-31931 I once flew across the country at night. It was dark.

There’s metaphor there somewhere.

Great writing. Have you published a book? You should. I would love to hear more about how fear has shaped your political thought. I think it would be enlightening.

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