Traveling Tails

For example: I presume, when heading to the airport, that the security line will consist of three high-school marching bands, each member with his own array of steel pins and skull plates, and it will take an hour AT LEAST to snake through the line. I also presume we’ll have the farthest gate. It goes without saying that I presume heavy traffic en route.

My wife belongs to the school that looks at the time of departure, subtracts an hour, and figures that’s when you should start to leave. Or pack.

- Lileks