Sorry to put a screed on top of Jim’s thoughtful and important post just below. But I just travelled through the Miami airport for the first time, and I have to say it’s about the worst I’ve ever seen. A terminal with 15 gates and only two restaurants, no newstand and one bar? Ummm. Insanity. It looked like bread day at a Soviet grocery store. And a newspaper? Fuggitaboutit.

But not to worry, it wasn’t just the facility that blew didn’t measure up. It was the security, too. As I boarded my flight, I was selected for additional screening. That meant two TSA guys were going to go through my bags. Fine. I assume they’re on the lookout for rogue toothpaste. But what they did could barely be described as a search. One of the guys opened my roller bag and lifted up some stuff on corner. The other lifted the flap on my messenger back and looked inside the outer pocket, but didn’t even both to unzip the main pouch. I mean, seriously. If someone thinks it’s necessary to that sort of search, fine. Do it for real. Otherwise, go back to the checkpoint and let me board my flight in peace. I actually said to the TSA guy when he was done, “Thanks for the feel-good search.” Ugh.

UPDATE: Thanks to Danno, I have repaired my egregious typo.

UPDATE 2: Thanks to Pat, I have repaired a second egregious typo.