March 12, 2006

Selective memory

You remember people older than you from your childhood much better than you remember younger people. How long would it take to name 10 people from the class ahead of you in high school? From the class behind you? Exactly.

Mar 12, 2006 4:20:05 PM | Musings

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How I would change the airport security <p> When the title has a word in quotes (e.g. "King" of the Road), he'll pause and condescendingly remind the contestants, "Notice the quotes around the word 'King'."... If you are worried about the audience picking up on this, well, half the audience watches regularly, like me, and half won't understand what you mean from that cryptic clue, you Canadian freak.... I think many changes are needed to the current system, and that security does not need to be compromised in the name of efficiency.... In the days when I was passing through airports 2-3 days a week, I began to make certain adjustments to my routine so as to pass through security like a hot knife through butter.... None of these measures created any risk to the safety of the flight, but half the time I could have been flying naked without luggage and it wouldn't have mattered because some shmoe in front of me was trying to put his new born baby in an x-ray bin.... I actually think that this line will move no slower than a current airport security line, so once-a-year travelers won't notice any change.... The x-ray on the left (a.k.a. "The Fast Lane") will look like the exit of a burning building, as flight veterans race, shoeless, one after another, adept at the art of the scan.... I don't drive over bridges enough to need one right now, so when I do sit at a toll, I look over at their special lanes, watch drives buzz though, and I'm jealous.... Likewise, I don't think people could be reasonably frustrated if they saw seasoned air-commuters skipping merrily through security, because they would know that the possibility would exist for them as well if they just flew enough. </p>
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