It’s a damn shame that the first post of 2010 came on January 5th, but what are you gonna do? I guess SwaggerTooth 2.0 is still in the pre-production stages.

Here’s an article by ma boi that was written a few days after the attempted attack on an airplane on Christmas day, 2009.  I had meant to post this earlier, but I just get so busy around Jesus’ birthday.  VonChris, in my opinion, makes some great points about airplane (and, more importantly, airport) security.  I finished his book, God is Not Great, and found it to be awesome (and great).  I’m currently poking around in another of his titles, The Portable Atheist, which is a collection of essential readings for the nonbeliever by writers from Lucretius [De Rerum Natura] to Ayaan Hirsi Ali [How (and Why) I Became an Infidel], selected and introduced by Hitchens.  It’s a big one, but it should prove worthy.

Another point on the security issue: I saw a gentleman on TV making the point that if a terrorist sang “Mary Had a Little Lamb” before blowing up an airplane, the TSA would ban singing on airplanes.  But if I were a terrorist, I wouldn’t pay attention to the no-singing rule (or the no-getting-up rule or the no-explosives-on-planes rule).

Also worth mentioning is that I love the use of the word “expectorate”.

P.S. One more month.

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