It is virtually impossible for me to fly SW from NY to TX.

I haven't had a chance to watch these videos yet, but I bet Teppy will like at least one of them: Morgan Spurlock Presents Mr. Plow Remixes by Moby In Honor of The Simpsons 20th Anniversary

I wish they made custom keyboards. I am incapable of using ' correctly. I ALWAYS type ; instead. I wish I could switch the keys.

I've never had to power on my computer at security. Of course, I've forgotten to take out my quart bag multiple times and not been called on it either.

Given the imminence of complete body scans, I wonder if people would still be up in arms at the idea of a national ID.

I haven't taken my quart bag out of my carryon in yonks. Maybe it's just the shuttle, or else they can see that it's fine through the X-ray.

They are being stricter about taking the liquids out since Christmas, at least for the flights I took.

You fill from the tap on the other side?

Yes. But I have no tap water aversion because I am a subtaster. I love tap water and drink it from everywhere. However, I am not to be trusted on the subject because I also will happily eat sheep's intestines. I suppose if I'm carrying an empty bottle anyway, I could carry a fancier one with a filter, if I were fussed about it.

Special K:

I am still up in arms about a national id, and I am also up in arms about the nekkid body scan. I am up in arms about a lot of things, but sort of languidly.

In mememe stuff, I just found out that my flexible spending account is available from Jan. 1, and I don't have to accummulate money in the account before spending it!! I'm going glasses shopping tomorrow at LensCrafters, which is in my network and I shouldn't have to spend too much there for my regular glasses, but I'll probably have to pay for my prescription sunglasses in full (I've got a coupon for 30% off). Yay!!

Oh, and I also had my orientation for library school on Wednesday night. It's now gone from theoretical knowledge that, yes, I'm now in library school to "OMG, it's really happening!"

Funny stuff from the meeting: first thing they did (after giving us the school's mission statement and blahblahblah Catholic university I heard this all before when I went to Jesuit undergrad) was to remind everyone there that, unless we got a sweet corporate job after getting our MLSes, we are not going to be making a fortune after graduation. Also, they kept on reminding everyone to make sure they get their on-campus email account set up and to use the school's website on a regular basis. Graduate school is almost all commuter, so online is the best way to develop a sense of community.

It's a much smaller school than Marquette, which I enjoyed getting my first taste of at this meeting. There were 65 of us there, and that was almost all of us who are starting this month. The entire graduate school is only 400 students total.

They are being stricter about taking the liquids out since Christmas, at least for the flights I took.

Oh yeah, I haven't flown since the fall.

Anyway, shouldn't they be checking your underwear, for that one? I mean, really.