Miscellany

Best Yahoo search link to this site recently: information on mixing a pug dog to a boston terrier dog. I don't recall talking much about either breed, but I hope we aren't talking about, you know, like a shake recipe or something.


Anonymous travel

Took the red-eye back from San Francisco on Wednesday a.m. and still feeling a bit out of it. Trying to eke out some time to scan the photos from Mexico, but haven't had much luck yet. Spent last night in the ER with V; she got dizzy at school and almost passed out. Long story short, it's probably her migraines but we're getting an MRI just be on the safe side. Yes, in addition to her dark looks she gets her dad's neurological problems. So it's been an interesting couple of days all the way around.

But I came here to show you this: I found this article via Follow Me Here about a legal challenge to the requirement of showing photo ID before boarding a US plane. The plaintiff says it's tantamount to a "secret law" that prevents anonymous travel through the country. Interestingly, my traveling companion on Tuesday had this problem; she lost her driver's license (probably on the way out to San Fran) and had no other photo ID with her. She was able to board the plane after submitting to (yet another) bag search. So whatever else it is, it's not a hard and fast rule or requirement. Makes one wonder, though, whether everyone would have the same ease of getting through (probably didn't hurt that she was a blonde woman with a first class boarding pass). I may have to keep an eye on this case.



posted by MT at 12:57 PM |