Nora, I just finished this book (btw, I totally used the Buffista affiliate link) and it was incredibly good--though I must note that some very traumatic stuff near the end made me sob like a little bitch (on a crowded bus during the morning commute, no less).

So, um, it's an awesome novel and you should read it! Just not the last third in public.

Choke a bitch for the Day:

I just had an attorney INSIST that what I sent him was "Just an itenerary and not an e-ticket. Nothing in that file looks like an e-ticket"

"The travel agent said that is all you would need"

"Nothing in that file looks like an e-ticket

"I'll call the travel agency and check it out"

"Nothing in there is an e-ticket"

"I'll call the agency"

Anybody here want to tell me what an electronic ticket "looks" like?

sob like a little bitch (on a crowded bus during the morning commute, no less).

I read Harry Potter 6 on a plane and was sobbing when Dumbledore died. I couldn't even get away from people. The guy across the aisle was looking very concerned until I showed him the book cover. He nodded sympathetically and told his wife, who gave me a kind look as well.

Great. Just FUCKING GREAT!!

I tripped, banged my hip into a file cabinet...bad enough, right?

My iPod was in my pocket. The screen is broken.

GODDAMN FUCK THIS FUCKING COCKSUCKING SHIT FUCK PISS GOAT MASTURBATING FUCKING FUCK DAY!!

FUCK YOU, TODAY!!

I just reread the end of Little Women on the plane last month. Fortunately I was sitting by the window and my long hair covered the side of my face facing my seatmates because I was sobbing.

It looks a hell of a lot like an itinerary, in point of fact. The biggest difference is that usually an itinerary will say NOT A TICKET on it somewhere. That said, most airlines it doesn't matter which you have - they can still look it up to print your boarding pass.

It will look like an itinerary, and somewhere it should say "e-ticket number" or "record locator" followed by a number. That's all you need. It's electronic, it's in the system.

I called the agency, sounding like a moron, and confirmed that electronic tickets are, in fact, electronic.

They very sweetly sent me the following email to pass along:

An E-Ticket is basically a paper less ticket. The passenger needs to have there State issued ID ready and have a copy of there itinerary just in case. When checking in all the Passenger needs to do is show the ID and state the flights that they are traveling on. Its always good to keep your Itinerary handy incase you need a Airline record locator or flight number but these days everything is E-Ticket so the Airports process everyone rather quickly and normally just the ID is needed. If you have any other questions please feel free to ask! Have a good day and safe travels!!

See, its not that unnamed attorney was confused or concerned, its that he was CHEWING ME OUT. Sighhhh.

I bet he broke Joe's iPod. It was an e-smash.

Um, does he not get that an e ticket is not, in fact, a ticket.

An electronic ticket looks like an itinerary, not like a traditional ticket. The attorney looks like an idiot.

Ack, MM! You caught the clumsy! I'm sorry.