Civil libertarians will be pleased to know that I flew to Minnesota and back without ID. It was entirely painless, and only took an extra 5 minutes or so for a pat-down. (Erika took the carry-on) Now, I did it because I left my license at home, not because of anti-government sentiment, and I was polite and entirely unbelligerent. They could have made it more difficult out of spite. I totally would if someone loudly refused to show their ID and demanded to know what grounds they had for requesting it. _
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12:56:21 PM, Tuesday 13 March 2007

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Switched my work keyboard back to QWERTY, so as not to cause confusion and despair to whomever gets my computer. Here is what Google made of it...

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10:34:11 AM, Tuesday 13 March 2007

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Went for a long walk around Sandy Point on Plum Island. Saw Brant, Goldeneye, Eider, Black Ducks, Horned Larks, and Snow Buntings. The larks and snow buntings were mucking about in the sandy wastes around the mouth of the river; they're arctic tundra ground birds, apparently. Some of the sand there is purple; not sure how that happens. There was also a deflated basketball, entirely buried, under about 3 inches of sand, sticking out of a little sand-cliff face where the dune grasses were being undercut. Very peculiar. And a complete tree, lying on the beach, roots scoured white. _
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