Priceline
A friend of mine (Scott) thinks that William Shatner is my doppelganger. And thought I would prefer someone associated with less camp as my evil twin, if you had the misfortune to observe me acting in high school, then you know that The Shat and I share more than our rugged good looks.
Well, today I found out that Bill and I share something else: a love of Priceline.com–and I’m going to join him in spreading the good word. Now, I’m pretty skeptical about anything, and advertising even more so. That’s the reason that I’ve never tried priceline.com before–it’s all just a sham to drive you to their site where they offer you the same prices as everywhere else. Well color me purple and call me Mabel, but priceline is for real! Yup, you heard it here first folks (ok, probably not first).
A regular car rental at Reagan National Airport is $65 a day. Now, anywhere else away from the airport a rental car goes for about $35 a day. I was so desperate not to fall victim to the “you got no where else to go” pricing strategy of the airport car rentals that I tried priceline. Shazam! I put in my bid for the “honest” rental price of $35 a day and got it!
Well, momma Olsen didn’t raise no fool, so I decided to try priceline for my hotel. Shazam again! I got a $160 room for $60 a night. I have to tell you, I’m sold. Whatever gerbils Priceline has running those wheels behind the computer screen are working. So… need to travel? One word: Priceline.
My evil twin and I highly recommend it.
Yes, it’s been a while. However, great news today. On Wednesday the University of Maryland sent me a funding offer which covers tuition for the four years of my PhD and a stipend for teaching classes while I’m there. I am reminded of the end of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the original version, not Tim Burton’s). Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) says to Charlie, “Do you know what happened to the boy who suddenly got everything he ever wanted?” Charlie responds, “No, what?” And Willy Wonda answers, “He lived happily ever after.” Well, I don’t know that I’ll live happily ever after, and after having completed an MA I have no illusions about graduate school being a walk in the park, but I can tell you that today I do feel like the boy who got everything he ever wanted. Allowing, of course, for the fact that “everything I ever wanted” includes my family… who I’ve decided to bring with me to Maryland.