And that’s probably not a good thing…
Random
Letter to St. Nick
Shimi, this is what I’m talking about. I was 9 years old – in 4th grade – and pretty greedy! Hopefully the “clothers” was a Houston Chronicle typo and not my error! I wonder if my dear IIe still works… My first exposure to computers… Gertrude’s Puzzles and Gertrudes Secrets! And of course, my favorite, Math Blaster!!! And then I remember being jealous when the Apple IIgs’s came out!
Of interesting note:
- I called him St. Nick! Everyone else called him Santa!
- “Sincerely”??? “Loves” and “Your friends” from everyone else!
- I hope I can blame my stilted prose on being in ESL in second grade. But this was fourth grade! Hm, can I use the same excuse for my still-stilted prose???
- Mom felt so bad when she just reread this a few days ago – the part about my clothes being too small! I guess she didn’t realize back then!
- Those stickers? I hoarded them and saved them and loved them – tacky as they were – and now they aren’t sticky anymore! Plus, I wouldn’t want to use them anyways if they were! Trash can, hello!
- And I still don’t have the Disney Channel! And I’ve never had cable. Santa, haven’t I been a good girl? How ’bout HGTV this Christmas? I don’t need the Disney Channel anymore!
- And of course, “Every good and perfect gift is from above” (James 1:17), and not from Santa.
Random TSA Factoid of the Day
I’ve put a lot of miles on my shoes – mostly from walking around Europe last summer and more recently, over the past couple of days, from walking around Boston. I love these shoes. I don’t have my camera right now, else I’d take a picture of them! I actually paid full price for them; I love them THAT much.
Sadly, after so many miles in a short amount of time, I might have to retire these soon. To prolong their lives – the lives of my left and right Rocket Dog shoes – I want to get gel shoe inserts. And I would get them here in Boston, but it’s too much of a hassle!
Plus… I wouldn’t be able to wear them onto the plane either. Yes, I could check them in, but that’s too much of a hassle, too.
Did you know that you can’t carry on gel shoe inserts? Yes, I read this on the TSA website before I flew to Boston. Interestingly enough, you CAN carry on (ie, wear!) gel-filled bras! The injustice! The inequity!
Really!:
Gel shoe inserts – Gel shoe inserts are not permitted, but shoes constructed with gel heels are allowed and must be removed and screened. Read more on our shoe screening policy.
Gel-filled bras and similar prosthetics – Gel-filled bras may be worn through security screening and aboard aircraft.
The lesson? If you have nefarious intents, hide your gel of choice in a bra that you’re wearing??? Though… If chosen for a strip-search, a guy wearing a bra might be suspect… For one reason or another…
Oh wait. Maybe I shouldn’t be publicizing this! I don’t want to put ideas into your head, dear reader, and expose our nation to more danger!
But, if you have maleficent, malevolent intents, there’s always a way to thwart security measures, so I don’t see how prohibiting my wearing of gel shoe inserts would make our nation safer. In any case, I won’t buy them until I get back home. Too much of a hassle.
Hrm.
So what if I took the gel shoe inserts out of my shoes and stuffed them into my quart-sized liquids/toiletries bag? THEN is it okay to carry these on???
Of course, I wouldn’t do that. That’s disgusting!
Re: detecting anomalous things on the person… I was amazed that the machine at Schipol Airport (in Amsterdam) detected the passport/document pouch around my waist that I had forgotten to remove! Amazing! I haven’t seen that machine anywhere else since then! It must x-ray the body somehow! Used instead of a metal detector (or in addition to? I can’t remember…).
