"So, you want to come to the airport and shove your microphone into face after face after face of my passengers, eh? Just face after face for a full week," the CEOs of airlines around the world muttered under their breath in unison before Christmas. "I guess the foot's on the other hand, now."

My Dearest LuLuBell, Lo, it has been so long our last correspondence. And I just now realized you actually made your debut in my blog seven years ago. At the risk of editorializing, I dare say I was a visionary in trying to prevent constant surveillance.