Since my occasions to travel by air have increased dramatically over the past 8 months, I have tried to equally increase my knowledge of all aspects of air travel for shear survival and a hope for a minimum of comfort. Some of the education has been through cold, hard, unpleasant experience, some has been learned at the feet of those more experienced than I, and some comes through reading and staying up to date.

A relatively new blog by, of all things, the Transportation Security Administration, may offer some assistance in keeping up with what to expect at security checkpoints or what new screening restrictions might be in place the next time you fly the not-so-friendly skies.