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The newly federalized airport security

The newly federalized airport security screeners seem to be an improvement. They're at least pretending to look at the X-ray images for a second before passing the luggage through. Although I don't understand how I can walk right on by with my backpack packed with the GameCube, its accessories, plus sundry electronics and wires without arousing suspicion. Maybe next time I'll have to squeeze in some fertilizer or some other nitrogen-rich compounds.

Good to see that Southwest has dispensed with the plastic boarding cards and went to a printed boarding pass. The boarding pass is mostly taken up by a super-sized "A", "B", or "C" depending on your boarding group, whereas with the plastic boarding cards you had to know how to divide your card number by 30. Unfortunately, the new cards are unrecyclable waxed thermal card stock which will go straight into the landfill, but now you can get your boarding pass at the same time you check in your luggage, instead of having to line up twice. Not that it would help me any since I hardly ever check bags on Southwest anyway. Oh, well.