Massive rant opportunity!!!
Aurgh, what to talk about first??? F'kit, like you need more punditry from me.
But I do want to say, belatedly (because this was more appropriate yesterday), that someone needs to write a "Suck it, Lieberman" song.
I mostly wanted to give a link to this post from insomnia, who found communistmonkey's journal, another one to add to your friendslist besides cedarseed's to get some human balance on US media coverage on the ME conflict.Since yesterday, Israel's prime minister has declared war on my country, and launched a massive "counterattack" in hopes of finding the two soldiers. because, of course, the best way to locate 2 soldiers is from a plane and by bombarding any location you believe they might be hidden in... right?
Air travel in Britain just got a bit more interesting. I linked to that article because it struck me as the most descriptive as to why the panic button was pushed last night.
And about Heathrow's new ultra-paranoid restrictions on carry-on luggage...
I must be crazy, because all I want to say is ... HELLA-FREAKING-LUJAH. I hate people who have to bring their massive big black boxy wheelie luggage into plane cabins anyway. If a flight banned all non-essential carry-ons, I wouldn't cry because it means no big wheelies in the fucking plane cabins and in the overhead bins. I can't say how much I hate those pieces of luggage in the cabin. I detest people bring them in AND their handbags/ their laptop bags/ backpacks and who wind up taking the overhead bin space of 2-3 people. Unless there's something in your big black wheelie you're going to use during your flight, put them in luggage-check, goddamnit. The only exceptions I believe in are essentials and $10,000 valuables.
Air travel is uncomfortable enough. Guess what? I do not like having to put my backpack of water, snacks, reading material, allergy pills in my leg space for 12-hour flights, because you used all the overhead bin space for your freakin big black wheelie and other crap which you never touch for the whole flight anyway, because there's no space to open those big black wheelies in the cabin. Why even bring them in? Do you know how much self-control you make me exercise whenever I see you at the airport wheeling your stupid big black wheelies onto the airway? I'm fighting the urge to throttle you.
Which explains (but may not entirely excuse) my jubilation knowing that somewhere out there right now, there are people barred from bringing wheelies into the plane cabins... that thought despite everything else going wrong in the world, actually sends happy thrills up my spine. Even if that restriction probably isn't going to last very long.
But I do want to say, belatedly (because this was more appropriate yesterday), that someone needs to write a "Suck it, Lieberman" song.
I mostly wanted to give a link to this post from insomnia, who found communistmonkey's journal, another one to add to your friendslist besides cedarseed's to get some human balance on US media coverage on the ME conflict.Since yesterday, Israel's prime minister has declared war on my country, and launched a massive "counterattack" in hopes of finding the two soldiers. because, of course, the best way to locate 2 soldiers is from a plane and by bombarding any location you believe they might be hidden in... right?
Air travel in Britain just got a bit more interesting. I linked to that article because it struck me as the most descriptive as to why the panic button was pushed last night.
And about Heathrow's new ultra-paranoid restrictions on carry-on luggage...
I must be crazy, because all I want to say is ... HELLA-FREAKING-LUJAH. I hate people who have to bring their massive big black boxy wheelie luggage into plane cabins anyway. If a flight banned all non-essential carry-ons, I wouldn't cry because it means no big wheelies in the fucking plane cabins and in the overhead bins. I can't say how much I hate those pieces of luggage in the cabin. I detest people bring them in AND their handbags/ their laptop bags/ backpacks and who wind up taking the overhead bin space of 2-3 people. Unless there's something in your big black wheelie you're going to use during your flight, put them in luggage-check, goddamnit. The only exceptions I believe in are essentials and $10,000 valuables.
Air travel is uncomfortable enough. Guess what? I do not like having to put my backpack of water, snacks, reading material, allergy pills in my leg space for 12-hour flights, because you used all the overhead bin space for your freakin big black wheelie and other crap which you never touch for the whole flight anyway, because there's no space to open those big black wheelies in the cabin. Why even bring them in? Do you know how much self-control you make me exercise whenever I see you at the airport wheeling your stupid big black wheelies onto the airway? I'm fighting the urge to throttle you.
Which explains (but may not entirely excuse) my jubilation knowing that somewhere out there right now, there are people barred from bringing wheelies into the plane cabins... that thought despite everything else going wrong in the world, actually sends happy thrills up my spine. Even if that restriction probably isn't going to last very long.