Hi folks, long time no diary.

I was inspired to write this - my first diary since the cat food scandal - after being through the wringer during a business trip this past week.  I was one of the "lucky" people who was stranded this week thanks to massive incompetence on the part of American Airlines (who can officially go to Hades in my book) and mother nature (damn her and her rain!).

I only fly about once every 4-6 months, and it seems that the experience gets worse every single time.  This week I was simply blown away by the inconsistency and incompetence displayed by TSA employees.  But more importantly, my travelling companion inadvertently "smuggled" an illegal item onto one of our flights...

(warning: if you are one of those folks who's pretty little eyes can't deal with cursewords, you might want to just close your browser tab and move along to the next diary)