Hallelujah!

Hooray for common sense prevailing:

Over the weekend, the agency slightly loosened its strict ban on liquids, lotions and gels in carry-on bags and began permitting four-ounce containers of nonprescription liquid medications like eye drops and saline solutions through security checkpoints and onto planes. And Monday, the British Department of Transport, which had barred all carry-on items except for personal essentials like passports and eyeglasses, said passengers would now be allowed one item of hand luggage, the equivalent of a small briefcase or handbag. Electronic equipment including cell phones, laptops, digital cameras and iPods would again be allowed on board.

Rest of the article here. This means I won’t be taking a slow boat to Scotland.

 In other news, the clerk at the card store yesterday accused me of sounding like Elvis, when I said, “Thank you very much.” I suppose my mumbling is getting worse in my old age. I’m making fans with my cooking (Jambalaya this past weekend), and I actually played well in dodgeball this weekend. (Well for my standards, I guess, I make no claims as to the objective quality of my play). Hooray for friends coming to visit this weekend and the chance to show off Austin as the great city it is.