I'm flying from San Francisco to Philadelphia tomorrow. I don't think small talk on airplanes is as bad as it's made out to be, not because small talk is great (and it is!), but because the atmosphere of flying suits it with such comfort. Mutual agreement in complaining about stuff, ordering a Bloody Mary, and being happy a strange looking thing made of metal and Good Housekeeping magazines can get you across he country and avoid Connecticut all at the same time. Plus, you will never see these people again. There is a chance you (a non-regular flier) could be in the same airport as a few of these people again, but no way will you ever run into someone you had small talk with at an airport or on a plane unless you try. Hell, you might not even recognize them if you did.
But you won't. That's what's so great.
All being said, I sadly have never flown on an international flight, and can only wonder with pitiful imagination if small talk for 13 hours is really as annoying as it sounds.
I will never start a sentence on this blog with, "As an aside..."
Ray Allen should NOT be benched for James Posey. You must see the clarity in this. Allen is perhaps the best in-game shooter of the last ten years, and maybe the best big-game shooter. Fred Hoiberg not withstanding, of course. Almost certainly the best shooter that has an all-around game, and has proven himself to be clutch in the past. I do not see Chauncey Billups winning the series for Detroit, and I think Rip Hamilton would blow by James Posey like Kennedy to an MTV camera crew, Posey's success in Miami still considered.
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