Hi, guys. Before I do anything, I just have to brag. Wanna know where I am right now? Poolside. I’m still in Arizona, hangin’ with my pops, and it was such a gorgeous day today that I felt physically nauseous about staying inside. So I took my laptop out to the community pool, and, thanks to the new wireless router I bought my dad, I get internet out here. So I am in a bikini getting a tan while I write this. Okay, I’m done bragging now. I’m just so proud of this brilliant blogging-by-the-pool idea I came up with. Why didn’t I think of this before? Oh, right, because I was in Seattle.
Anyway, Kate Winslet and her husband, Sam Mendes, had another brilliant idea: the two of them never fly on a plane together. They’re afraid that if something goes wrong, their children would be orphaned. Now, this is the kind of paranoia I can get behind. I am famously freaked out about flying. Sometimes I secretly want to put my dog on a different plane from me so that if anything happens to my flight my legacy will survive.
“Where possible, Kate and Sam do prefer to travel in separate planes,” said a spokesperson for the couple. “It is not always possible but, for obvious reasons regarding the children, they do travel separately when they can.”
In fairness, Sam was supposed to be on one of the 9/11 planes, and then later Kate was on a plane that received an Islamic terrorist threat mid-air — fortunately, no one was harmed. But I can totally understand why they’re nervous about this sort of thing.
wow, talk about some bad luck
More like good luck.
haha that is true
yeah, me too
I never do this Royal family stuff
but we all should
i’m focused on the poolside mumbo jumbo as i’m stuck in my house due to ICE. JEALOUS
Haha. That reminds me of the movie Crybaby. Allison’s parents flew on separate planes and then they both crashed.
…okay, so that wasn’t such a good analogy. I like the idea, it’s smart.
yeah- i had some close family friends whose parents both died on a plane crash, leaving the kids. awful.
beet- u need to get preggers some time soon.
this is such a random comment. why?
Love Kate. And love anything poolside.
I officialy HATE YOU! It’s such a beautiful day here and I’m trapped inside working… It’s depressing.
How is it that I never knew Kate Winslet had children?
Are they aware that many many many more people die in car accidents than plane crashes? Do they ride in seperate cars too, because if not this seems pointless since they are muchhhhhh more likely to die in a car than a plane.
Exactly what I was going to question, whether or not they drive separately, too.
Sounds like an episode of “Mad About You”.
Is it just me or did the ugly tree fall onto Kate’s husband?
That man is two kinds of ugly! Well after the “sketch” scene in Titanic, the one where the cow utter of a breast is reveled, Kate made my ugly list as well.
i think they’re the type of couple that seem more
into the whole personality thing than his or her appearance.
and kate winslet is not ugly.
lets see your picture.
Wtf do you mean? Cow utter of a breast? As in natural falling and not fake boulders that sit in place?
Kate and her husband are both gorgeous. She grows more beautiful with every year. She is a wonderful actress and they seem so happy together. Good for them. Have a happy, successful life together. You deserve it.
I actually think this is a good idea. And, I mean, you have the money and everything, why not?
I would be equally as paranoid, ESPECIALLY if I was supposed to be on one of the 9/11 planes.
Oh and everything that Kate Winslet does… I think is brilliant. So there’s that too.
Have you guys seen Little Children??? It’s wonderful
What does the money have to do with it? You’re still going to have to pay for the ticket, whether or not it’s on the same flight. The only thing is you may pay different fares depending on what restrictions you do/don’t meet. Can you tell I used to work for an airline?
I have had a terrorist threat on a flight of mine coming out of London, and fighter jets fly up against another flight due to no radio contact (with the intent of shooting us down). I have been on flights with emergency mechanical issues and such. Even with ALL of that, I still know that flying with my family on vacation is safer, any day, than driving with them to church.
I’m sorry, but if it is your time, there is no tricking it.
that must be a hard one to explain to kids” mom and dad have to fly separately so incase the plane goes down you won’t be orphans.”
true. But probably not as hard as having to explain to two little kids that mom and dad are both dead. just saying.
It’s snowing here in Seattle this morning. I am so jealous I am tempted to call you horrible names.
They both look like they smoke three packs a day.. what’s up with the yuck mouth?
The logic of separate planes makes little sense – rationally – because flying is safer than driving. Do they also take separate cars? Most like, emotion is playing a role. The emotion that causes the most trouble is panic. Panic is frightening anyplace, but nowhere is panic worse than on an airliner. I’ve worked on this for twenty-eight years both as an airline captain and as a licensed therapist. A quick way to get relief is with the 5-4-3-2-1 exercise.
Focus on some object in front of you. Say “I see” and then name something in your peripheral vision. Then say “I see” and name something else in your peripheral vision. Continue until you have made five statements.
Maintaining focus, say the words “I hear” and name something you hear. Then say “I hear” and name something else you hear. Continue until you have made five statements.
Maintaining focus, say the words “I feel” and name something you are touching.
That completes one cycle. It takes intense concentration. That is exactly what we want. As you concentrate on non-threatening things, the “fight or flight” hormones that were in your body when you started the exercise get burned off. As they get used up, you get more relaxed.
To keep the concentration intense, we make one change: instead of doing five statements again, do four statements. Then, in the next cycle, do three statements. Then, in the next cycle, do two statements. Then, in the next cycle, do one statement. Then, in the next cycle, we go back to five, etc.
Use this exercise as early as possible to control panic before it can take hold when flying, or thinking of flying.
my son’s dad and i considered the same issue. we became so overwhelmed with the whole thing we just got a divorce instead.