I’ve been logged out of LJ for I don’t know how long. Glad to know my favorite friends-only posters have not all given up LJ at once. Heh.

For the mama/mama-to-be types, I added myself to The Baby Registry, which is a fan-fucking-tastic idea.  Index of pregnancy/baby blogs by due/birth date.  It was only created in the last few months, but you might want to add yourself, or look for a due-date twin, both of which I’ve done.  It can be hit or miss, as with all blogs, but my nearest due-date is lizspeaks, which conveniently enough is a fab blog that I actually WANT to read. Woot!

I really like gawker’s new consumerist blog, however, a post today reallllly pissed me off. You have to be an invited commenter, which I’m not, but it pissed me off enough to actually email my thoughts. Basically, Orbitz and AmericaWest are called out as sucking because some guy lost his paper tickets, didn’t have the brains to realize that a ticket counter was 10 minutes away, so he drove to Ohio or something to get new tickets, and AW (I so want to type HP because that’s their official airline code — /end ticketing geekiness) refunded the money anyway. Um, what?

Personally, Orbitz is my online ticketer of choice. Because of my past experience and knowledge of airline ticketing, I may have a better grasp on the minutiae of how to get the best deal, but Orbitz makes it totally easy for the regular folk to get the best deal, too. I don’t fly much, granted, but we used Orbitz for our trip to Florida, and I used it for my NYC flight, and both times got a good deal with no hassle. So there’s my counter-post — Orbitz is cool.

America West isn’t that bad either. Granted, the last time I flew them was in 2000, because I lived in Phoenix, but man, they had ticket counters at the Fred Meyer across the Parkway from me. Nothing easier than picking up a ticket  while picking up groceries.

ETA: Ha! I go to lunch, come back, and Bloglines tells me consumerist updated the story with a disclaiming oops! message. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one to think that was offbase.