Some Thoughts from a Trip to Florida

One trip through security at the airport and one thing becomes crystal clear. The terrorists have won. Any bathroom products have to be put in a clear plastic baggy, you can't bring on more than 3.4 ounces of anything. (I guess because 3.41 ounces is enough to take out the entire airport while 3.4 would go off harmlessly in your hand.) The whole process is so hopelessly feudal anyway. The fact that it's in clear plastic doesn't mean anything, they don't do chemical analysis on it. Not to mention if you have 3.4 ounces and I have 3.4 then together we have 6.8. All of this because two guys got caught mixing two things together on a plane. One guy tries to light a shoe and we all have to take our shoes off from that point on. Nobody tells you what to scan either. People were taking off their belts and scanning them because they saw people ahead of them doing it. I bet if you took your shirt and pants off and put it in the tray at least 20 people would follow suit behind you until someone finally asked "why?" (Also all it will take is one guy trying to use his shirt as a weapon and you'll have to do that anyway.)

It amazes me how much stuff there is, behind security, at the airport. At least 2 Chili's, at least 3 McDonalds, a bajillion stores, an iPod Vending Machine. There must be a ton of people going places all the time.

Between the airport and Universal Studios I'm pretty sure I was on more moving sidewalks than at any point ever. (And for craps sake people, they aren't rides)

There are these things the locals call "Love Bugs" which are 2 flies that travel attached at their back ends in a state of constant mating. In their plague like numbers, they are firmly in control of the state, or at least Orlando.

Maybe it's because I'm so used to ballparks, or because I was expecting so much worse, but the food at the parks (Or at least at MGM and Universal) is fairly reasonable.

If you go to Universal don't waste your time on the Twister ride.

I think I got 3rd degree burns at the Ocean. The waves and riptides were unreal. The beach was close to being closed because they were so bad. Also, and I've actually been to the same beach before, I didn't realize salt water was actually THAT salty.

Don't go to Universal Studios and MGM. They are essentially the same park. (And there's scary few rides at each)

The Back To the Future ride was closed at Universal, and apparently has been for a while. That makes me sad.

Within 20 minutes of being back home Sarah made me go mow the lawn. As the Sun beat down at my sunburns it occurred to me that I was laying on the beach at the Atlantic Ocean 24 hours earlier and I got kind of depressed.