Those travel procedures are a pain. I get my carry-on computer bag given a re-run through the x-ray or totally emptied for a visual inspection at least half the time I go through airport security because I pack data converters and other peripherals that no one else with a laptop does, so the screeners don't know what they are looking at. When I first started flying with a laptop as carry-on luggage (1996), airport security made you turn it on (boot up) to prove it was actually a computer, every time you went through security! My Toshiba 486-75 running Windows 3.1 would take what seemed like forever to boot up. That was well before the twin tower attacks!

Please do let me know if and when you might be just about anywhere in America this year. I'm all over this country when the weather is warm and racing is happening.