Everything
All Cowed-up and Ready to Go
Aug 15 2008
One of the things I love most about working for Southwest is that you can never really anticipate what exactly you’ll be doing from day to day.
One day you can be called on to go over to Love Field to help escort Mikel Gorbachev through the airport (the best part was when something caught his eye at the Everything $10 Gift Shop) and then the next day be dripping sweat from counting and... read more
Notice to U.S. Troops: Southwest Airlines Has Got Your Bags
Aug 13 2008
Hello, again. It’s been a little while since I’ve written a post, and I thought it was about that time. I want to talk about something that is close to our hearts here at Southwest Airlines- the U.S. troops.
Southwest Airlines supports the men and women who fight to defend our Freedom. Whether it’s wearing red shirts on Fridays, donating school supplies to soldiers’ families or sending LUV... read more
Portmanteau De Jure
Aug 13 2008
I have always loved words and there is what seems to be a new phenomenon happening—the portmanteau. These are words like “Podcast” from iPod and Broadcast, or “Blog” from Web and Log combined to make new words. We recently combined the word “correspondent” and the portmanteau “blog” to form Blog-o-spondent.
Technically, a portmanteau is a combination of two words, so if we combined a word and... read more
Blog-o-Spondent Video Contest
Aug 13 2008
Length: 8:33
Blog-o-spondent Video Contest to win Trip to BlogWorld. Photo from BlogWorld 2007.
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It’s a Small World after all
Aug 13 2008
Well, that’s the truest statement ever … at least for me apparently! About a year ago, I was casually perusing through a silent auction here at Southwest. To my surprise, I saw someone I knew, but for the life of me I could not place where I knew her from. Then it dawned on me, “Oh my goodness, that’s my ninth grade Debate Coach, Lisa Tiller!” Well, sure enough I walked up and asked, “Do I... read more
My Heroes
Aug 12 2008
I suppose most of us have a hero or heroes of some sort, people who make a positive impact and inspire us—sports figures, actors, musicians, teachers, family members…the list goes on. I have heroes in every category listed above, but I hold a special place in my heart for a group of children and teenagers I know who are truly braver and stronger than anyone I've ever met.
These kids are burn... read more
Competition Brings Out the Best
Aug 11 2008
At Southwest Airlines, we just completed an Employee survey. Like most surveys, this one only takes a few minutes and provides a valuable platform to solicit real time opinions across our system. In Dallas, a friend of mine in Finance thought it would be FUN to get a little competition going between our Departments. We made a bet on which Department would have the greatest participation in... read more
08.08.08
Aug 08 2008
As a kid, I hated the summer Olympics. We had five television channels, and every single one of them showed the Olympics for three weeks straight. No Smurfs. No Looney Tunes. No Mr. Roger's Neighborhood. Just a bunch of boring adults doing boring things like running and swimming. I did those things every day and didn't understand why it was such a big deal to watch other people doing it.
Now... read more
Be The Southwest Airlines Ultimate Blog-o-spondent
Aug 07 2008
Are you Nutty Enough to be our Next Blog Star?
Aug 07 2008
Start stretching, loosen up those vocal chords, and get ready for your close up! Beginning today, we are hosting an online casting call to find our next Blog-o-spondent for Nuts About Southwest!
As many of our regular readers know, over the past six months, we’ve been sending our very own Christi Day around the country to film short video segments for our blog, including features on... read more



