I just returned from a trip to Baltimore. Nice town, plus Gene and I were able to get together for dinner and a smoke.

On the day I left, I went out to tour Fort McHenry, where our lame-assed national anthem was penned. I went through the entire facility, including the armories and munitions storerooms.

I then went straight to the airport. The TSA had passengers removing their shoes for fear of someone taking down a 737 with an Ohio blue tip match. After my stuff went through, they came over and grabbed my shoes for further testing. As they did the scan I was thinking they have really come along way in explosives testing - thinking that my shoes must have gotten something on them back at the fort. Alas, this was not the case. They finished their testing and handed them back to me, and as I was putting them on I noticed the remnants of a dog turd in the tread. 

Another funny thing there at the airport is the pigfuckers use the Segway scooters to race about the terminals. Looks like a very good use for the product - not only can they get around quicker, but standing on the platform one gains about a foot in height.