I attended the LAX town hall meeting on Tuesday. I'm putting the best first here. There was an untold amount of entertainment value in listening to Jay Pierce get up and make a syrupy speech about how much he loves this TA. Moments later, I asked one of the negotiating committee guys if he thought Pierce was believing what he was saying, and the answer is unrepeatable in the negative.

I was able to get a goodly sum of my questions answered the night before over adult bevvies and fattening food the previous evening since most of them were enjoying same at a large table that I was sitting at.

There was lots of good information from some refreshingly incredible sources. I didn't like most of what I heard, but at least it wasn't some thrice-circulated, reinvented and tuned & tweaked bizarro-world version of someone's can't-own-it rant. One of my takeaways was that no matter what is in that TA, love it or hate it, those guys did some incredible things, unfortunately with less than incredible results in most areas, though.

I've already voted twice so far, and haven't yet decided if I'm going to vote again yet. Fear not, only,my last vote will count. And I ain't tellin' anybody what it is, either. I'm too old for chest-beating. That gave way to respect for others' opinions long ago.

I hope this turns out whatever way my final version of my vote does. Don't we all!