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.

I am still up in arms about a national id

Can I ask why?

"How to Speak Teabag" cartoon leads to death threats by, you guessed it, teabaggers.

In re those clueless about security - every time I have jury duty there seems to be someone (usually a lawyer) who hits the metal detector and has to empty his pockets of change, multiple sets of keys, and other assorted metal items.

And he puts a few metal things in the bowl, goes through and sets off the alarm; puts a few more things in the bowl, goes through and sets of the alarm; puts a few more things in the bowl....

you've been in that line too!

I haven't seen them ask someone to power on their lap top in probably 10 years. Just has to come out of the bag.