All the leaves are...

Mama Cass said it best according to Denis Leary. The leaves they are a-changin'. At the same time, The Weather Channel keeps teasing Ithaca, NY with the possibility of snow in the near future. It seems that we may see a few flakes within the next week.

On a completely different note, when I flew to Atlanta a few weeks ago, Frank was asked to surrender his toothpaste because the container exceeded the allowed size. However, the security official acknowledged that the tube was less than half-full, an amount which is permissible. Meeting that criteria was apparently insufficient, and Frank was offered the option to check a bag or put it in my car. We declined both options and surrendered the tube toothpaste. What I want to know is who would take the option to check a bag to save a tube of toothpaste? First of all, if you can afford to fly, you probably can prematurely part with your favorite tube of toothpaste. I know, it would be a difficult farewell, but I believe that Rite-Aid probably has a close cousin available for purchase. Perhaps older passengers prefer not to discard perfectly useful tubes of toothpaste and follow the path of greatest work, checking luggage, on mere principle. The humor would emerge if the checked bag were lost, meaning far more useful items--clothes, shoes, etc.--have been lost. Nevertheless, we should remember that this heightened security was established because of an event that never saw the light of day. Trying to play the offense, imagined plans could rewrite the existing security protocol.

Speaking of toothpaste, look through the Wikipedia link for toothpaste. Near the bottom of the entry, the method to create striped toothpaste is given. Apparently, there was once a more elaborate design with the tube that would mix two colors of toothpaste. It seems that filling the tube with striped toothpaste is more common.

What is your favorite type of toothpaste? Post a comment with your response.