8:33 AM
1st round of birthday festivities last night at Maneki Sushi Restaraunt in San Gabriel. i must say that 7 sake shots + 1 sake bomb + good friends + outdoor (??) patio + cake in my ear + sushi = GOOD TIMES 
Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate w/ me and Tedman! In the words of the great Borat..."GREAT SUCCESS!"
Round 2 on Saturday.....YEEEE!
Round 3 on Sunday...... YEAAAHHHH!
Round 4 on Monday...... YEAAAHHHH JIGGA!
in other news....for all of you who are not up to speed with TSA rules and regulations on airlines....
TSA to lift ban on flying with cigarette lightersAuthorities found that banning most devices did little to make flying safer  | Cigarette
lighters that were confiscated by luggage screeners in the morning
hours sit in a pile at Dulles International Airport July 2 in Dulles. | Alex Wong / Getty Images |
  Updated: 1 hour, 26 minutes ago NEW
YORK - Airline passengers will be able to bring many types of cigarette
lighters on board again starting next month after authorities found
that a ban on the devices did little to make flying safer, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Friday. The
agency also announced that it was changing its policy on breast milk,
and will allow mothers with or without children to carry more than
three ounces onto planes. Starting
Aug. 4, air travelers will be allowed to carry disposable butane
lighters, such as Bics, and refillable lighters, including Zippos, the
TSA said. A prohibition will continue on torch-style lighters, which
have hotter flames.
The agency said it costs close to $4 million to dispose of the more than 22,000 lighters it seizes every day.Barred from checked bags
Lighters have been barred from checked bags for decades because of concerns they could start fires in cargo holds. Congress
banned lighters from flights after Richard Reid used matches to try to
light explosives hidden in his shoes while on a Paris-to-Miami flight
in 2001. Lawmakers worried that Reid might have succeeded if he had had
a lighter. The lighter ban took effect in April 2005. In
an interview with The New York Times, TSA chief Kip Hawley said
confiscating lighters has not helped security much because other items
could be used to detonate bombs. “The
No. 1 threat for us is someone trying to bring bomb components through
the security checkpoint,” the newspaper quoted Hawley as saying. “We
don’t want anything that distracts concentration from searching for
that.”
WOO HOO! GOOD NEWS INDEED  | 
