Corny? Probably.

But it did amuse a tired traveller. The name on the store in Cincinnatti's terminal that I visited last week reads "designs by Sue Venir".

Groan, moan -- yeah, I know. But when you've missed your connections (for four weeks straight, thank you Delta), been re-routed to a city way out of your way, and are rather tired, a light chuckle is quite welcome.

Well done, Sue. Your work here is done.

A new hobby!

Well, really an old hobby, revisited. For 22 years (okay, at least 10 years), I've wanted to take flying lessons. We've (Amanda and I) finally made that dream a reality for me. I say we because it certainly takes a financial commitment. I don't have a whole lot of time either, but I try to take a lesson on Friday afternoons and Saturday's when I am in town. It's a lot of fun, but I still have a long way to go, and a lot to learn.

If you haven't worked it out, above is a picture I snapped on my phone of the panel in the Cessna 172SP that I'm training in.

What you don't want to see when you arrive at the airport...

...especially if you're running a tad late for your flight.

TSA had decided to "close the security checkpoints". Now I, being your common sense traveller, think to myself: "oh no, I'll miss my flight!". Never fear, the TSA is here--they'll just shut down the entire airport. They pulled everyone off of the airplanes at the gate, rescannned them, then let them reboard--two hours later. At least they brought out the cute little (okay, big) sniffer dogs to entertain the crowd...

We never found out exactly what they were looking for, either. I hope they found it!

Truckload of beer flips; driver not injured

By Chris Lambie
HALIFAX – Now that was a nasty spill. A truck carrying 46,368 bottles of Keith’s beer flipped on an overpass yesterday as it headed north from Robie Street toward the Windsor Street interchange. “It is sad,” said Capt. Scott Logan of the Halifax Regional Fire Service. “Chances are they won’t recover any of the beer.” “I had a tear in my eye, actually, when I was watching it,” said Halifax Regional Police Const. Mark Hobeck. “It was full of beer. We were hoping a Hostess truck full of pretzels would come by, but no such luck.” Firefighters helped the experienced female driver climb out of the smashed tractor-trailer. “We got her out of the cab,” Logan said. “She was shaken up, but really not hurt — just more frazzled than hurt.” The heavily damaged truck came to a stop up against a railing that prevented it from falling about 15 metres down to another roadway. “It would be a worse nightmare if she’d gone further,” Logan said. “That’s a long way down.” The accident is still under investigation. “We’re not sure at this point what the cause was, whether it was a load shift or whether it had anything to do with how it was being operated,” Hobeck said. Traffic had to be re-routed for several hours as Ace Towing righted the truck and removed it from the accident scene. The load of beer was headed to the CN yard before the 1:15 p.m. crash. “It was on its way to Ontario,” said Irene Lane of Olands Brewery. Another tractor trailer was sent to the scene to see if any of the beer could be recovered.

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