Somehow I got selected for terrorist-level screening in Israel. Before I could get on the plane, I had to go through a 30 minute interview and then 1.25 hours of luggage screening. They took every single item out of my bags, swiped it all with their weird little chemical detectors, and then made me pack it all back up. One of the last swipes they did set off the beepy-beepy alarm, so then I also got a full 10 minute pat-down in a private room. In the end they told me that the bike lock I brought could not go into my messenger bag, it had to go in my suitcase. Admittedly it’s a beast of a lock that could easily be a weapon, but both those bags were being checked anyway, so I don’t get it. I got to the airport 2.5 hours before my flight but still almost missed it. Fortunately after all that they walked me right through the normal security checkpoint so I made it.

I’m in Atlanta, almost home free! So, what did I miss? Did Obama get elected yet, or what?