Don,

OK, maybe that was a bit "uncivil." The crack just wrote itself and leapt from my fingers, what with our mayor _flying_ to China for no good purpose at all.

So let me edit that comment to: _"She's taking the eponymously named Gossamer Albatross"_

Not as an excuse, but as an observation ... the whole subject of this episode is so ludicrous that it seems fit for parody more than dissecting the obvious fact that Piercy flying to this conference is a waste of money and clean air.

(BTW, Pilot's comment on appearance was posted before mine.)

-- Paul