Russell, I don't know where you've been patted down, but I have a hip implant, and at least at EWR they do NOT avoid touching genitals at all. They give you a good solid groping, trust me on this. This is why they make you wait until they have someone of your same gender to do it (as if someone of your same gender couldn't use the patdown as an excuse for sexual abuse, but never mind).
They also give me a very thorough going-over with a metal detector. So I think they have that base covered, mod the plastic knives etc.
Lee 305: Holy chocolate, Batman! What would it take to get you down here for Chocolate Decadence this coming year?
Um...is that a cake, or an event like Southern Decadence? Either way it sounds pretty good!
meredith, that sounds like a note of pride for the New York Metropolitan Area! I'm supposing that by "lax" you mean "least inclined to follow the mindless idiotic TSA rules."
Of course, if you really want LAX security, we all know what airport has that...
Perhaps at some point I will be able to come up with a comment that isn't incoherent sputtering about the stupidity of the TSA and all its works, but not yet. So for now this will have to serve as a placeholder: DEATH TO THE TSA!!!!
And by 'death' of course I mean I want the organization disbanded, not that I want the people who work for it killed. Just to be clear.
David: YAY! Thanks for telling me that.
I'm making that recipe as a two-layer cake with orange ganache frosting for Thanksgiving.
Clifton 290: Because they cook down so much
I measured one time when I was making a BUTTLOAD of carmelized onions. Came out to about six to one (that is, I started with six times the volume of raw onions that I ended up with carmelized).
Pendrift 291: It's "Unformatted Text" on the Word I have open right now (which calls itself Word 2003 (11.8106.8107) SP 2).
Today on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! they asked the panelists what Palin's next book would be called.
One, subtitled A Favor for the American People, was titled Going Away.
Earl, AFAIK the Quakers don't actually throw people out. And I believe some Quakers did make some kind of statement saying that he certainly wasn't behaving as most members of the Society of Friends prefer to, or something else very SOF like that.
Seems to me that Ozark, Arkansas needs to be added to the list of Detestable Towns that already contains Gretna, Louisiana and Georgetown, Deleware.
-dsr-, read the thread, don't just search for the phrase. Misspellings'll getcha ev'ry time.
I think Tilting at Rogue Windmills sounds like a great title for a memoir or a progressive-rock album.
Judi Dench is a Quaker? That's wonderful! Yet another reason to like her.
Wyman, it was never going to be on the imprint. Now it's not going to be on thebaitlurepromotional materials for the vanity press.
Downfall
Ruthless People
Liar, Liar
Velma, that sounds like a pretty good foundation to me. And I've been on Lexapro for years, and my bad days are still bad, but nowhere near what they were without it. I've been accused of being CHEERFUL sometimes. It's a good drug.
Yeah, whoa, that's truly impressive. My jaw, it droppeth.
If I ever decide to write romances (under an assumed name, I promise you), I will have no hesitation in joining RWA.
Velma, I wish you the happiest birthday possible under the circumstances.
And I don't know Scraps as well as you do, but I agree with Paul. I'm sending good energy your way.
Linkmeister, how about "AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy, AllWorkAndNoPlayMakesJackADullBoy..."?
Mary Aileen, knowing someone personally (mod the web, you know what I mean) who would have died had the new protocol been in place at the time is powerful. It's not data, exactly, but it's deeply evocative of the downside of their new "greatest good" calculation. I for one appreciate your bringing it up.
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