Noticed some minor updates here.

Of interest to our audience - on the "allowed" list:


Tools (seven inches or less in length)
Screwdrivers (seven inches or less in length)
Wrenches and Pliers (seven inches or less in length)
Scissors - metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches
Eyeglass Repair Tools - including screwdrivers.

For what it's worth, my airport carry kit now features the following goodies, all of which make the cut, if you get my drift.

1 pair of shorty scissors (4" total, pointy)
1 Swisstool Mini-Tool Thingy
1 Pair of Medic Shears
1 Pair of nail clippers
1 6" crescent wrench

I carry an empty1 liter water bottle with me, and fill is past security.

Additional airport kit items you'll like having:

1. Burt's Bees Brand Bar Soap. It's a shampoo! It's a Shaving Creme! It's a Body Soap! - one bar of soap covers many bases - and it keeps the liquids in your kit to a minimum.

2. A small towel. The joke in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was "always have a towel" and it's actually great advice.

3. Money. Don't leave home without it.

That's all for now. I'm off to Chicago for a 1/2 hour meeting Thursday (really) and I'll let you all know how things are at the frontlines of the whole security process.