Something new we discovered this morning:

TSA stole S's makeup and toiletries bag out of her checked bag. Good thing, too. Plane might have exploded.

I'm so pissed off and galled about this, I can't even work up a good rant about it. Plus, posting from iPhone, and Jess will back me up - not easy to type on (you'll get better, Jess, but it still sucks).

That blows, Sean. What the hell.

Please don't debark Em, MM! (But I understand the urge, I think)

Her toiletries bag might have been terrorists in disguise, waiting to hijack the plane, and fly it into the Alamo. It's probably in Gitmo right now, being waterboarded.

Sean, I curse the TSA for you. Y'all have not had an easy travel.

Happy Birthday, Sparky!!!!!

After starting my prednisone and Z-pack and inhaling a ton of Alupent, I feel much better today. If I feel as much better tomorrow, turkey day will be pleasant. Yay, drugs!

Totally sucks, Sean!

I'm good on the iPhone "keyboard" now. It took a while but I've pretty much mastered it.

Holy what the fuck, Sean! It's one thing to want to stop terrorists and all, but you take a girl's makeup bag, you are messing with the Sacred.

Happy birthday, Sparky!

Hope you are feeling lots better tomorrow, ChiKat.

Sean, that's just silly.

What I don't understand is, if they're going to take the toiletries because they think there might be explosives, why don't they subsequently arrest the passengers the toiletries belong to, for attempting to carry suspected explosives on the plane?

Why? Because they don't really suspect the toiletries of being explosives. They are at best, following stupid, pointless, annoying rules, that aren't really protecting us from anything, or at worst, deliberately stealing our shit. And how many billions of dollars are we wasting on this idiocy/thievery?

Also, a very happy birthday to you, Sparky.