I learned that a splash of glitter could look like bomb residue during the screening process at the airport. But you know those swabbings that they do randomly at the airport? Jeff Dunham learned the hard way that the “lotion” found on his puppets derriere resembled the material some explosives …

I always find myself mesmerized by the air traffic exhibit at the air and space museum.  It has planes, color coded by airline, flying across a radar map. They use various days as samples–including September 11, 2001.  (It is really eerie to watch air traffic suddenly stop). There’s an app …

Not very much.  But the trait they have in common is that they show up the same when you are going through a TSA check point. I don’t shy away from glitter generally, but I also usually have pre-check.  Dulles’ pre-check line was closed this morning, and rather than send …