Wicked

I saw Wicked this evening and it was sensational.
It actually got me to the point of analyzing literature again. I seriously had about half a thesis written in my head by intermission. I am still working things up, but the basic gist of the whole thing is "American Civil Religion" as depicted through Wicked.
There is a lot of interesting OZ as god stuff that I encountered as I was watching.
I also thought it was quite interesting to see the parody of a corrupt empire and a deceived population in light of current situations in the United States.

The Joys of Airport Security

Today Erin and I are flying out of Chicagp Midway Airport. It has been a long time since I had the pleasure of interacting with TSA. Today they were in rare form. Erin walked through the metal detector and they made her go back through because her shoes might set off the alarm. So she walked back through again without setting off the alarm and had to put her shoes on the Xray. Then I attempted to go through and the guard yelled at me. He said, "don't you see me standing here... What are you going to walk through me?" I looked for a comment card but they don't have one. Clearly they could use some customer service skills.