That principal needs to read Free Range Kids.

TERESA NIELSEN HAYDEN / MODERATOR: Thanks for the feedback. I did indeed email Gama-Go but never heard back from them. So it goes. I still wear the thing almost daily. And I'm sure I'll buy another one if I can find another sale. Because I still love the amazing craftsmanship and design of these. :)

As stated above, I actually own one of these hoodies. For what it's worth, it IS indeed a great piece of design. I appreciate all the craftsmanship that went into it - the inside pockets, the various embroidery designs, the zipper pull, the durability of it. That might be worth $84. I however am a poor student who does care about where her clothes are made and by whom. That said, I still can't afford the $84 for a piece of art or for a piece of clothing - (categories whatever.)

All that said: The hood sucks because it's unusable, and the hoodie shrunk a LOT even though I followed all washing instructions and never put it in the dryer.

I bought a hoodie and the super mega sale at the Bigfoot Lodge. It was only like $30. It was worth it. I couldn't justify spending the actual price for them though.

One thing to note for the ladies hoodies: forget about using the hood. The hood is ridiculously short so that when I put it on my head, the entire sweatshirt gets pulled up rendering me very ET-esque. It's not the giant lovely comfy hood I hoped it would be - but I get a ton of compliments on the hoodie itself.

Funny thing is Atty General Eliot Spitzer was the one who was so insistent on implementing the software that was used to detect his "suspicious activities." (according to NPR)

But really, who cares if Eliot Spitzer hires prostitutes. How does his sexual pleasure have any effect on how he governs? I'd say he'd probably do a better job if anything... stress reliever anyone?

reminds me of this little guy i found in a wegmans grocery store:

http://flickr.com/photos/melisslissliss/2294540628/

http://flickr.com/photos/melisslissliss/85967727/

put the whole costume together myself.

Also: during the whole situation at JFK (post #33), I was told that different airports have different regulations, to which I said, "Isn't this a FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? Should the rules be blanket across the whole country?" I was met with a blank stare followed by, "Ma'am, you can surrender the liquids or check your bags."

When I checked my bag at the Virgin American counter, I asked the very nice, polite, respectful young ladies whether they'd ever heard a rule about bottle having to be LABELED 3oz. They looked at each other rolled their eyes and said, "I have no idea why those rules even exist. They do nothing to make flying safer. But no, I've never heard about a bottle having to be labeled 3oz."

My boyfriend and I flew from LAX to JFK on 1/17 without incident. On the way home, on 1/21, however, was a completely different story. I hate to check a bag, so I was sure to comply with the one-quart zip-lock bag with only 3oz or less bottles in it. Upon arriving at the scanner, I did regulation everything - take shoes, coat, sweatshirt, scarf off and place in separate bins, portable compy in its own bin, all other electronics in my purse, backpack, or carryon. But as my carryon was about to go through, I realized that I'd forgotten to take the ziplock OUT of my carryon. So I took it out, and the lovely woman who saw me do this gruffly said, "well I can tell you right now, you can't take these liquids through." I asked her why, and she bitterly responded with, "Because they're not labeled." I proceeded to tell her that I'd flown with these bottles at least 10 times before and that the rules are simply 3oz or less. I've never read, heard, or seen anywhere that the bottle had to have a label.

She didn't seem to understand the rules, so she sent me to her manager who proceeded to explain to me that the bottles had to be labeled. I went through my same explanation. He sent me to his supervisor. He proceeded to also tell me that the bottles had to be labeled. Throughout this whole process, I tried to reason with them, which was to bring up the point that ONE of the bottles was labeled as being 3oz and the rest of the bottles were clearly smaller than that one. So why couldn't they just make a rational, logical judgment that the rest of the bottles in there were less than 3oz? Upon bringing up the reason and logic point, he yelled, "My rules are my rules and the rules are ration and logic." At which point I realized I wasn't going to get anywhere with trying to wax logical with him. I decided to check my bags before saying what I really wanted to say, which was, "So you mean to tell me that if the bottle was embossed with a 3oz label, that I could put anything I wanted in those bottles, like explosives, and they'd get through based on some arbitrary rule that there needs to be a label on there?"

Meanwhile, I realized that my boyfriend, who opted to not take his liquids out of his carry on is standing next to me this whole time without incident and with his bags full of unlabeled liquids.

While I was taking my bag to be checked, my boyfriend was waiting with the rest of our things and decided to take his camera out and take some photos. As he's doing this, a TSA agent walks up to him and says, "Sir, I'd prefer if you didn't take photos of the security line." To which he said, "Is that some kind of rule? I don't see any notices anywhere." She looked at him with condescension, pointed to her felt badge and said, "These stripes right here... these are the rules, I make them up."

What an abuse of authority we have running our airports.

Also: I checked the TSA website when I got home and could not find anything anywhere about a 3oz bottle having to be labeled.

i just read that as iAnal. oh apple has infested my mind.

the spellbound clip link isn't working.

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this is some of the best news in a long time. just preordered the discbox. and how refreshing to see a well respected band leave it up to us. talk about having some faith in their fans. well done, guys.

this is some of the best news in a long time. just preordered the discbox. and how refreshing to see a well respected band leave it up to us. talk about having some faith in their fans. well done, guys.