I gotta tell you, I just got done with security at MSY and it was ridiculous. At BWI and IAD, I'm used to going through the metal detectors, hearing nothing go off, and then getting my carry ons and heading to the gate. No fuss, no muss.

At MSY, not only did they make me go through the detector, but they wanded me anyway. And then I got patted down top to bottom. After that, I had to open up my camera bag and my carryon because they saw the lens in the camera bag and thought it was something not allowed. They thought my electric shaver was a flashlight, too.

Know what else was ridiculous? There was an entire group of soldiers travelling on orders, with government tickets, military IDs, and they were in uniform. And they made these guys go through the same thing. One of the soldiers said he should have just ordered the guardsmen to allow them through since he was a captain or something.

He did get a salute from the guardsmen, though.