July 23, 2013
Excuse me, dahrlings, but...

It's Just Stinky Diapers

Honestly, dahrlings, I have no idea why everyone is in such a dither over a wailing lump of royal poop. Babies happen. Sperm ovum, you know the drill. Out plops a digestive tube. Trust me, the accidental lineage doesn’t change…

July 17, 2013
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Know Your Enemies

Up until now, I have underestimated Harper, dahrlings. But he is on to such a good thing with ordering that official list of unsympathetic staffers so the whole government can know who’s who. Talk about doing away with office politics.…

July 11, 2013
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Bunch O' Yahoos

I never met a yahoo I didn’t like, Pumpkins. And Calgarians are a special breed. Mayor Nenshi has crowned himself yahoo-in-chief and I say ‘Hear! Hear!’ to that. Between the floods, fires and oil tanker explosions – we could…

July 04, 2013
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Let Them Eat Pablum!

For most Pumpkin brains, the term ‘restructuring’ is automatically replaced with ‘layoffs’ in the language cortex. It’s a mutation we’ve developed over centuries of mushroom farming. But lately, dahrlings, the compost posing as information being flushed out of travel…

June 26, 2013
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Where Is Here?

You poor, dear, Pumpkins. It’s apparent many of you don’t know where you are. You must need a GPS inserted into your addendum to get back home after conference season. Seriously, dahrlings, is it asking too much for travel…

June 17, 2013
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2 B Or Not 2 B

Are any of you still feeling all tingly from that far too short 2 hour long financial analyst call with my dahrling Jean-Marc offering up scintillating details of debt reduction and aircraft leases and EBTDA’s? The man is a poet.…

June 11, 2013
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Stop Trying So Hard!

Good marketing is like good sex, Pumpkins. Too many clumsy lingual gymnastics and you come off nerdy. Everything should flow without anyone discerning the mental exertion that went into it. It’s a ballet, dahrlings.  Take TravelportTube. Really. It’s a…

June 07, 2013
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Stop The Presses!

I knew it. I knew it. Yesterday, at the Q400 unveiling, that sly Saretsky confirmed that he will not unconfirm buying Porter. He also did not, I repeat, did not deny flying to Shanghai or Paris. As you all know,…

June 05, 2013
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You Can't Kill A Brand

It’s down! No, it’s up! What is it? That was the refrain echoing down the halls of travel for the last year. Will Sunquest live to see another winter season? Hobbled, but not dead, the brand which once…

May 31, 2013
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No Damn Clue

You can bet your sweet petunias that those of you who have no clue what the NDC is will be caught with your buds snipped. Petals plucked. Sap sucked. You get my meaning…. According to the previous OJ Voting…