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A Touchy TSA Issue
Ok one more serious article, then we’ll be back to some fun travel stuff this week, or whenever I get around to it. I took some time to digest it to consider whether it was really worth writi...
More on Magellan’s Travel
A couple weeks ago I wrote about Magellan’s Travel Supplies their lack of “representation.” I noticed they had an online chat form, so I decided to write them in real time. The con...
One Laptop Per Federal Agent
This Washington Post article was linked on the front page of Drudge: Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border - No Suspicion Required Under DHS Policies I’ve recommended only using ...
Diversity Watch . Magellan’s Travel
I forget what I ordered to get on the Magellan mailing list, but I receive their glossy catalog about every other month. This time I actually opened it and leafed through their gear. Some of it, ...
Confirmed
Remember back in 2006 when I started my blog in order to write about places I’ve traveled to? Well I’ll be kicking that portion of it back into third gear soon because my fall travel pl...
Hey Kids!
What do you want to be when you grow up? A fireman? An astronaut? A race car driver? How about an exciting and rewarding career as a U.S. Transportation Security Officer? Late last n...
Staycations and Fakecations
Hey remember in back in October when I wrote about made up words like “Infotainment” and “Mancations?” A lady at work recently told me she was taking a “Staycation.̶...
Airline Spam
I’m fairly politically active, at least locally. Just ask those developers who want to construct a luxury nursing home highrise in my ‘hood. More shade studies I say! Anyway I don...
Lufthansa’s Hobby
Even huge megacompanies should have hobbies right? This is pretty cool: If you’re an aviation buff like myself you can take a ride in a vintage airliner - fully restored and flown by volunteer ...
Organic Gardening Mag
I saw this magazine at Home Depot yesterday. Talk about bad timing… I’m guessing this juicy looking cover was greenlighted before the great tomato scare of ‘08. Nice article though...
News of Interest 061208
Some random bits I’ve bookmarked… The Wall Street Journal wrote a follow up on the Wisconsin parents who let their 11 year old type 1 diabetic die because they refused to treat her. Althou...