today in “barn door closing, horse bolting” news

airplane stampAirline passengers flying from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Palm Beach, Salt Lake City and San Diego were detained after arrival because of a security breach at the airport from which they’d just left.

Because if there’s one thing we know in a post-9/11 world, it’s that you want to concentrate on the planes that land safely at their destinations.

“We had no specific intelligence indicating the suspect was on board one of the flights,” White said. “But there was the small likelihood that the individual could have gotten on a flight.”

Seriously, you could have stopped after word #5.

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Regis Raw

The Reej lays it down righteously, slammin’ celebs and keepin’ it real, yo, with a little help from DCLugi.

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quiz: which They Might Be Giants album are you

  Which They Might Be Giants Album Are You?  

You are John Henry. The world’s restrictions and formalities leave you angry, so you spend most of your time either thinking on your own or talking with your close, longtime friends.
Take this quiz!

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Hmm, not this one? How disappointing.

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tardis blueprints

This should look cute in your front garden 

Well, not so much “tardis” as “Metropolitan Police Box” but it is naturally beneath the dignity of the ol’ raincoaster blog to include “box” in a headline, bien sur and yew betcha.

From Sherrod Drawings, via Neatorama, here are the actual archictectural plans for the once-common, now consigned to sci-fi police box.

The first Police Boxes were introduced from America in 1888. The earliest Police Box resembling Drawing G/A1 was erected in Newcastle in 1929. Originally built of wood, the design had changed to reinforced concrete, weighing in around two & one-half tons…This set of plans will make a great present for those Dr Who Fans, or anyone interested in Architectural antiquities…

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tag and release

Never forget! 

Tag, anyway. Release? I dunno: I get off on blogging, but how was it for you?

Despite my noted antipathy towards chain letters, meme-tagging, and all associated nonsense, both the esteemed Juvenal and the self-esteemed Stilletto Girl have tagged me as being a Thogger.

The participation rules are simple:

1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,
2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,
3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn’t fit your blog).

This is better than it sounds, and really quite brave of them, all things considered.

So I’m a blog that makes you think, eh? Probably one that makes you think Canadians are a group of degenerate, tentacled, squid-souled anarchists, and quite right you are (note that all Canadians who do not fit that description are, in fact, Albertans). I am flattered nonetheless.

Release: In the spirit of Anarchy, I’m passing this tag along to anyone who wants to volunteer for it. I have a rare, refined, and reflective group of readers and feel confident that anyone who would step up for this is both ballsy and thought-provoking.

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

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