Our colleague Beau Genot had to use the airport today. In Burbank. He sent this report:

Believe it or not, I am in the airport, past the first layer of security. All I have gotten so far is a pat down by an unattractive TSA agent. However, it took less than 15 minutes. I am now calming my nerves with a cocktail as I wait 2 hours for my flight to Portland. Beau