One year when I sent the boys to basketball camp the TSA placed their note neatly right on top of my 'Instructions from Mom' note that I left on top in the boys' bags. I suspect they were amused by the fake instructions I had mixed with the brush your teeth and listen to your coaches instructions. I always include things like 'don't eat roadkill' to make sure the boys read the whole list.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Laura - Jun 27, 2009 6:08:05 pm PDT #3186 of 12708
Our wings are not tired.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 27, 2009 7:10:49 pm PDT #3187 of 12708
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Did anyone else's checked bags get TSA-searched? I found a nice little "We have searched your bag" notice underneath the first layer. I hadn't even noticed that the tell-tale on the lock had been tripped
No, but I did find out on my trip back from Seattle that a CPAP is a highly dangerous device that needs a special scan and needs to be re-run through the x-ray (insert ironic quotes as needed). I guess this isn't the case going from Boston to Seattle since they didn't mention it or remotely look twice at my baggage. I suspect the luggage check was part of the reason I completely lost track of Brenda and Sail at the terminal.
NoiseDesign - Jun 27, 2009 7:23:19 pm PDT #3188 of 12708
Our wings are not tired
CPAP devices are listed at most of the airports I fly through as items that must be removed from carryon baggage the same as laptops, full size video game consoles, and tape based video cameras.
I just might spend too much time clearing security.
brenda m - Jun 27, 2009 9:27:11 pm PDT #3189 of 12708
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My bag is still on the floor, mostly packed.
Omnis's bag is my bag.
omnis_audis - Jun 27, 2009 10:31:08 pm PDT #3190 of 12708
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
What about money clips? My money clip slowed me down. They had to go through my little butt-bag, take out the money clip (hand me my cash, but not credit cards) and rescan it. Yes, it prevented me from buying water/burger before getting on the plane, as it was I missed pre-boarding. No, what makes you think I'm bitter about it?
Omnis's bag is my bag.You have a tux too? Crap. That was 42.2 pounds. Fed Ex will love me.
SailAweigh - Jun 28, 2009 6:25:07 am PDT #3191 of 12708
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
My bag got searched by TSA on the way to Seattle. I think that's the 2nd or 3rd time overall it's happened to me in the past four/five years and I take on average one plane trip a year, which isn't a lot. But, I've no idea how many bags out of any flight get searched, so I don't know if that number is normal or if they're out to get me.
Tom Scola - Jun 28, 2009 8:01:59 am PDT #3192 of 12708
hwæt
Hayao Miyasaki will be at SDCC.
Fay - Jun 28, 2009 8:11:38 am PDT #3193 of 12708
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Aaaand for his next movie, I'm seeing a charming goth heroine with a top hat and stripey tights accompanied by a fanged bunny...
Laga - Jun 28, 2009 10:55:36 am PDT #3194 of 12708
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Wouldn't it be a cartoon about a fanged bunny and his stripey top-hatted minion?
sumi - Jun 28, 2009 10:58:26 am PDT #3195 of 12708
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, I believe that Laga has it right.
Perhaps it will be about a big-eyed Lily Bean and her adventures with a fanged bunny and his stripey top-hatted minion.