TB, you probably won't have to, and if they decide for whatever reason that there's not enough room in the bins (happened on 2 of my flights to other people) they can sort of temp check them-you leave them at the door of the plane with a special tag and then pick them up when you deplane.

Damn, I thought 19 hours was rough.

For an all-expense paid trip to Bali, I'd take 25 hours in the air.

Provided I could send my children in the checked baggage.

Given some of the shit I saw people hauling on the plane, if you can smush it up to fit the size reqs, they'll probably not mind.

The past 18 hours are almost comedic.

Given some of the shit I saw people hauling on the plane, if you can smush it up to fit the size reqs, they'll probably not mind.

Seriously. That drives me crazy. Mostly because it then takes these huge "carryon" carrying people forever to stow their freakin' too big bags.

Sorry about your sucky day, sarameg. I always seem to have a hard time when I come back from visiting far away babies.

All my flights to Asia (Korea and Japan) seemed to take forever - even when they were only 10-15 hours. The flights to Brazil, OTOH, went extremely fast. I think this is because the brazil flights always take off at night and you can basically sleep through the whole thing.

Mostly because it then takes these huge "carryon" carrying people forever to stow their freakin' too big bags.

and there's always some woman tugging ineffectually at the bag "trying" to put it in the overhead bin, all the while casting helpless looks around her at nearby men, hoping one of them will offer to help.

Aww, bless! A friend of mine just left me this comment: "Thirty two years, some-odd hours and so many minutes ago [DJ] and her ass came into the world and they were both made of awesome. The Pie Maker would like to wish [DJ] and her Ass a very happy birthday. So would [friend]. Cheers!" with a picture of Lee Pace in a bed of daisies.

Nilly! I just read this on one of my friends' blogs, and wondered if it was true --

The new highlight of the month for me is that there's apparently a new verb in Hebrew. The verb is "lecondel." "Le" is the Hebrew prefix for verbs, like "to" in "to be" or "to go." "Condel" is short for "Condoleezza," as in "Condoleezza Rice." Yes, that's right, our illustrious Secretary of State has had her name turned into a new verb in Hebrew. But what does is mean?

"Lecondel" (or "to Condoleezza") means "to run around having lots and lots of meetings that produce no results."

Hey, Sarameg! My Niece thinks you are very cool--not as cool as Lori what with the Ma Rver and the glayvin, but pretty damn cool nonetheless. Thanks for the hang time!

On the other hand, Max and Rigatoni seem to be getting along pretty well.

It sounds like they might be plotting to take over the house. You should lay in supplies to appease them.