leavin' on a jet plane
Sorry, but I haven't got much to say today. This project is stressful, and that our secretary/customer handler just broke her leg badly enough to preclude work isn't helping anything.
I've got a 9:15 flight to Chicago, though. Assuming I can pack quickly enough after work, make it to the Metro and catch the right bus to Dulles, I'll be staggering from OHare to Catherine's new digs later tonight, then hanging around Chicago until Sunday.
Given the relative lateness of the flight, I'm desperate to avoid checking any bags... but also a little worried. My carry-on will include a wireless router and a big bag of quarters (from Catherine's abandoned change jar, to be put toward laundry) in addition to the piles of technological geegaws that routinely accompany me on any trip further than a block from my house. What is he planning? And does it involve buying a lot of sodas? will think the TSA employees as they try to inconspicuously edge toward the red button on the wall behind them. I just hope Catherine doesn't send me any emails asking if I can bring the giant ceremonial dagger she accidentally left behind.
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no dagger, but if you could bring my nunchucks i would really appreciate it...
Aw, there's nothing that will have suspicions roused by TSA employees like traveling through Frankfurt with a carry-on full of battery-operated, wireless audio gear that looks like it was designed by someone who thought it would be sooo cool if it kinda looked like a bunch of bomb-triggering devices. By the time they finished searching my bags, they asked me to take the Chapstick out of my pocket for further inspection.
well, I made it to chicago. I *did* have to go through an extra round of CTA inspection, but it wasn't the tech gear that set them off. No, it was the bag of quarters I was bringing to Catherine. Deadly, deadly quarters.
I'd bring a bag of quarters to a ceremonial knife fight. They pack a whallop. So do soda cans in a pillow case, but I digress. Can't imagine why the TSA would concern themselves unless you were carrying over $4,999.75 worth of quarters.
I should note, though, that TSA has actually implemented the recent directive whereby you're not required (excuse me -- "offered the suggestion", but you get flagged for an extra search if you don't) to take off your shoes. Also, they were all very nice and professional. I was happy to trade change-examination for keeping my sneakers on.
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