I know that I'm usually flippant and happy. It's my default mode. But I'm neither right now. I'm pissed. I'm at the airport, where I've been all day since my flight this morning was cancelled. I was not told why the flight was cancelled, nor did anyone seem particularly sorry about ruining my day. But I dealt with it. For 9 hours I've been here at the airport dealing with it.


Finally, I just came through security where I was informed that because I booked my flight at the last minute, I had been "selected" for special screening. Nevermind the fact that I didn't book at the last minute - I booked a month ago. The damned airline moved me against my will.

Usually I just let the whole airport thing roll off my back. But this is bullshit. How is it possible that no one in the entire process except for me here has a brain? I'm Scott Baker from Waco, TX and I've lived my entire life in such a manner that should place me above even suspicion of wrongdoing. The world is not safer and security is not enhanced by having me strip, get felt up by a creepy-ass old "security" guard, and have a guy who looks like Kevin from The Office root through and touch all my stuff.

There has to be a smarter way of doing this, because this has got to be the dumbest most-wasteful thing that the government does. And that's saying something considering this is the same government that keeps minting pennies when it costs more than $.01 to make one. Molesting and humiliating innocent people because airlines are the shittiest run businesses on Earth is not the solution.