All went very well, but I must vent a little about the announcements the Alaska cockpit crew made — actually on my “to” flight a couple of weeks ago as well.  What I really want to hear is, ” Good morning.  This is Captain Tom Swift.  Welcome aboard. We expect a fairly smooth flight today and should arrive at DFW on time.  I will update you along the way. Our cabin crew is there for for your safety and comfort and I ask you to give your attention now to their instructions.”  Instead, both times, I got something like this:  “Hi back there folks.  I’m your first officer Rick, up here with Captain Rocky.  We’ll be scooting you over to DFW today.  You’ll be glad to know that together we have 69 years of experience doing this and at least one of is us is a member of AARP.  Meeting all your needs back there are Tiffany, Kimberly, Ashley, Madison, and Jason — or maybe that was yesterday.  Anyway, have fun and we’ll see you there.”  I’m not kidding!!