Took a train from Tucson to Mississippi a few years back. It was okay. I would love to take one of those scenic trains through maybe Canada or the northern US. Best would be the Orient Express, though that's quite expensive I hear!

Oooh, what an adventure that would be. Something you could write a fictional story about...

yonuh,
A favorite cousin and I used to talk about taking the train
from WNY to Calgary. It never happened but what a great thought!

OK, here's something that literally "takes the cake" when it comes to our discussion of air travel hazards and the TSA.

I am sure most of you have read by now about the woman who had her frosted cupcake in a jar confiscated from her at the Las Vegas airport because the TSA said the frosting on it was a gel and exceeded the 3 ounce limit.

Here's more on THAT story, but if you don't have time to read all of it, just enjoy the punchline: the bakery which produces those tasty cakes has renamed that the red velvet delight which caused the uproar: It's now called "National (Security) Velvet."

And, there's more: the LA Times reports there's now a bakery in Rhode Island which has capitalized on the story by creating a cupcake that meets TSA standards...

Love that this story has apparently become known as "Cupcakegate."

G-U-F-F-A-W!!!! Funny!


The TSA and some of these other security agencies are going a bit overboard, wouldn't you say!!!