As my trip to Seattle for the big parties nears, I am at once excited and apprehensive — because you see, I hate hate hate to fly. Who has good tips for making airplane rides as unscary and comfortable as possible? And no, I don't want to hear about how air travel is the safest way to travel blah blah blah. It doesn't help me feel any better about being several miles above earth in a big hunk of metal.

Suggestions, anyone?