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I favorited a YouTube video: Sophia Petrillo puts the need and desire for marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples in a very astute yet simple way.

I favorited a YouTube video: beautiful gays i love it Produced By: Ryan James video interpretation to Katy Perry "California Gurls" featuring Snoop Dogg

I uploaded a YouTube video: Day 1 in the new at

I uploaded a YouTube video: Randy flying a Beechcraft King Air 90 for Angel Flight, from PDK to ISP. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NGF6DQ/history/20100620/1525Z/KPDK/KISP

I uploaded a YouTube video: Flying in a prop plane from Peachtree Dekalb Airport to McCollum field in Kennesaw/Marietta .

I favorited a YouTube video: (c) No Copyright Infringement Intended. For Entertainment purposes only [Lady Gaga] Hello, hello, baby You called, I cant hear a thing. I have got no service in the club, you see, see Wha-Wha-What did you say? Oh, youre breaking up on me Sorry, I cannot hear you, Im kinda busy. K-kinda busy K-kinda busy Sorry, I cannot hear you, Im kinda busy. Just a second, its my favorite song theyre gonna play And I cannot text you with a drink in my hand, eh You shoulda made some plans with me, you knew that I was free. And now you wont stop calling me; Im kinda busy. Stop callin, stop callin, I dont wanna think anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Stop callin, stop callin, I dont wanna talk anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Stop telephonin me! Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Im busy! Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Stop telephonin me! Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Can call all you want, but theres no one home, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! Out in the club, and Im sippin that bub, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! Call when you want, but theres no one home, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! Out in the club, and Im sippin that bub, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! [Beyonce] Boy, the way you blowin up my phone wont make me leave no faster. Put my coat on faster, leave my girls no faster. I shoulda left my phone at home, cause this is a disaster! Callin like a collector - sorry, I cannot answer! Not that I dont like you, Im just at a party. And I am sick and tired of my phone r-ringing. Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station. Tonight Im not takin no calls, cause Ill be dancin. [Both] Cause Ill be dancin Cause Ill be dancin Tonight Im not takin no calls, cause Ill be dancin! [Lady Gaga] Stop callin, stop callin, I dont wanna think anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Stop callin, stop callin, I dont wanna talk anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Stop callin, stop callin, I dont wanna think anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Stop callin, stop callin, I dont wanna talk anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Stop telephonin me! Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Im busy! Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Stop telephonin me! Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh Can call all you want, but theres no one home, youre not gonna reach my telephone! Cause Im out in the club, and Im sippin that bub, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! Call when you want, but theres no one home, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! Cause Im out in the club, and Im sippin that bub, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! My telephone! M-m-my telephone! Cause Im out in the club, and Im sippin that bub, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! My telephone! M-m-my telephone! Cause Im out in the club, and Im sippin that bub, and youre not gonna reach my telephone! Were sorry the number you have reached is not in service at this time. Please check the number, or try your call again

I favorited a YouTube video: Synchronisation (1994/International) : Delta Air Lines, in this commercial, is not only a US domestic airline, it becomes an international carrier with "220 Delta aircraft flying from Europe to the USA. And it's all a matter of synchronisation". The commercial shows many Delta Airlines B767s flying in formation, in analogy with four dolphins swimming, along with a beautiful new age music soundtrack: "Adiemus"

I favorited a YouTube video: Synchronisation (1994/International) : Delta Air Lines, in this commercial, is not only a US domestic airline, it becomes an international carrier with "220 Delta aircraft flying from Europe to the USA. And it's all a matter of synchronisation". The commercial shows many Delta Airlines B767s flying in formation, in analogy with four dolphins swimming, along with a beautiful new age music soundtrack: "Adiemus"

I had a Delta flight from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City yesterday (April 21st) with a connection to Phoenix thereafter. The first flight was Delta 1202 leaving Las Vegas at 11:55 am with expected arrival in Salt Lake City at 2:19 pm. I have never flown in such a bad plane before with such bad planning.

Upon entry into the plane, I had to clean my seat which had a significant scattering of assorted crumbs of food on it, as did my neighbor's seat. The plane's intercom system was the worst I have ever heard in the 100 or so flights I have flown over the course of my lifetime. You could barely hear the captain at all, and numerous people agreed with this so I am sure that I wasn't going deaf or suffering from high altitude related hearing difficulties. The plane became very very cold half way through the journey, and this discomfort was not helped by the major turbulence we experienced for over half the flight. Very bad intercom/speakers, very bad thermostat/ temperature control and quite bad trash removal made me think that this plane didn't get serviced frequently or in detail.

Now comes the really bad part -- we started circling above Salt Lake City, and the captain's explanations could not be heard even one-third of the way down the plane where I was sitting. We finally figured out that there was some kind of storm making it difficult to land in Salt Lake City. Then, after at least half an hour of circling with the captain implying that we would probably land once several other planes had done so, our tv screen maps suddenly showed that we were heading towards the Rocky Mountains in Colorado instead of landing in Salt Lake City!! I got slightly nervous, all the while shivering from the cold and feeling queasy due to the turbulence and the fact that I ate some food before boarding.

Finally, another half hour later, the captain announced that we were flying to Grand junction, Colorado (and no the automatic flight control system wasn't sending us into the Rocky mountains!) since we could not land in Salt Lake City (he said some other things too, about fuel, about coming back to Salt Lake City etc..., but the bad PA system made it difficult to hear the specifics).

We landed in Grand Junction after even more turbulence all the way through the flight. A guy near me was in shorts and a t-shirt and it looked like he would get frostbite. We sat on the tarmac in Grand Junction for at least an hour I would guess. They were filling out some paperwork and refueling. Finally, we landed in Salt Lake City at around 5:00pm, three hours after we were supposed to.

I had missed my 3:11pm flight to Phoenix, so waited for the next one at 7:57 pm or so. I was among the lucky ones. Some people had missed connections to Paris, and were told that they would have to find another way via Manchester or Amsterdam and would not get free overnight hotel accommodation since the problems had been due to weather issues.

My 7:57 pm flight to Phoenix then had a passenger window leaking, so we spent another hour on the plane while a repairman came and replaced the window.

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Making this event even worse, I flew on another Delta flight a week or so ago, and the lady at the checkin gate could not print boarding passes (my existing pass that I printed from the hotel or from the Delta airport counter didn't have a seat number on it), kept getting angry at patrons and her own coworker at another gate (she shouted very loudly "I am by myself"), and blamed the previous lady at the same computer terminal for messing up the programming and computer system ("it was the first lady's system and she was not used to it"). We finally got our boarding passes 5 mins before flight departure, but could still board the plane since the flight departed a few minutes late. Nevertheless, this lady was the most unprofessional airport staffperson I have ever met, and I wish I could remember her name.