Going to Hawaii “on business”: Photos and things
Sometimes it feels like I live in an alternate reality. In what world do GRAD STUDENTS get sent to Hawaii for “business” …
Molested in the name of national security
Arms outstretched, palms up. Legs spread-eagle. Bare feet gripping a grimy tile floor. I stare defiantly at the onlookers as hands caress …
Back in the sky and hijacked by emotions
View from my room near LAX. I wondered why it felt like I sleeping on the tarmac. I was fine until beverage …
Southwest Flight 812: Final reflections and photos
Seven days ago right about now, I was headed to the airport to board Southwest Flight 812. What a difference a week …
Managing media: A shout-out to speech communication and drama teachers everywhere
I smiled like a Cheshire cat walking into the terminal after the continuation of Southwest Flight 812, service to Sacramento. After surviving …
Southwest Flight 812: Confessions
In light of recent media and Twitter attention, I feel compelled to confess a few things: 1. I am not a social …
Southwest Flight 812: Comments that crack me up!
Although I am still waiting for my headache to go away, the hoopla about my experience on Southwest Flight 812 is slowing down …
Southwest Flight 812: Finally feeling it
It’s been 48 hours since I stepped onto the plane that would make me famous, even if just for a few days. …
Southwest Flight 812: Making sense through story
After a fitful 90 minute nap, I find myself in a TV studio preparing for live TV. Not my typical Saturday morning …
The Malvinis take Manhattan (and parts of Brooklyn and the Bronx, too)
I lead a charmed life, one filled with riveting academic articles to read like “Chemosensory Cues to Conspecific Emotional Stress Activate Amygdala …