Did you say Runway K9?

Pilots coming into Boston's Logan International airport Saturday evening were met with a highly unusual circumstance. The runways were covered in Choochy. Say what? Maybe I should explain....Choochy is somebody's pet poodle, who was being transported from Detroit to Boston, but while they were unloading her from the plane, she escaped from her porta-kennel and began running all over Logan's runways. This caused at least 8 flight delays, some for as long as 30 minutes, and forced some airborne pilots to alter their routes, while Choochy ran amok on the runways. At least 15 police, firefighters, airport ground personnel and even electricians tried to capture the elusive Choochy, but to no avail. You're probably visualizing this, figuring it must have taken them 45 minutes to an hour to get Chooch The Pooch back into a kennel again. Eh, not exactly. How about 17 HOURS!! Eventually Choochy was rounded up late Sunday afternoon, and airport spokesman Phil Orlandella said the poodle was treated and released from a nearby animal hospital, and re-united with her worried owner. Knowing the Boston crowd as I do, it would not be surprising if the affected travelers called this female dog by another name, and I don't mean Choochy, 'Lil Puppy or Sweet Girl....

Today Carnival decided the European market may be more saturated than previously thought, with the economy being so ratty. The Carnival Pride was supposed to go over to Europe this Summer, but instead she will be doing 6, 7 and 8 night cruises from Baltimore. Also the Carnival Liberty is staying put in Miami for all of 2009, contrary to plans. Here's a link to the whole story from USAToday's travel section:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruises/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=57615085.blog

Short blog today....I'm going to try to VOTE EARLY. It's not that I don't trust doing things on Election Day, but if enough of us vote early, maybe they'll know the result and you won't have to waste your time standing in line next Tuesday. That's me, just tryin' to help...