Years ago, Channel 3 morning news anchor Jim Donovan taught me something I do this this day.

No, it isn’t good moisturizing. I’ve been doing that since before Jim was born.

(The secret to maximizing moisturizer, this one taught to me by the late Edie Huggins, is to put it on while you’re face is still a bit moist. The goop is meant less to hydrate than to hold moisture in.)

Back to Jim. Before he earned his wings on television, he was a flight attendant.

He said the first thing he does when he boards any airplane is to count the rows between his seat and the nearest exit.

That help, he said, to strategize in case there’s an emergency, and you have to get off the plane fast.

Thank you, Jim. It’s been about 18 years since I’ve boarded a plane without counting the intervening rows and f

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