However, it IS (officially) U.S. soil which means that I have beat the scare-monger's odds and NOT got blown-up in some sort of international travel incident...though I almost had some pewter olive picks (in the shape of Toledo swords) confiscated in Madrid. ALMOST...they must have decided I looked "mostly harmless" and allowed me to re-pack 'em back in my carry on (little did the pilots know I was deadly with the throwing toothpick!). Once we got to Dallas, I checked them (along with my Toledo sword) so that I wouldn't have to worry about it with American security...they have a notoriously low threshold for humor on such matters.
Yes, I AM bringing my blade back with me, rather than mailing it. It made it to Dallas without damage, we'll see if it gets all the way to SeaTac. I am hopeful...but then I am NOT traveling Continental this trip (which has had a history of losing luggage).
[*sigh*]
Anyhoo, though it may not look like it, I DID do some blogging on the flight over from Spain. Unfortunately, I didn't have access to the internet, so these various thoughts will get posted up over the next few hours. People may begin resuming orders of the B/X Companion without fear...while my "secondary mail service" (AKA my house-sitting brother) was able to mail out half-a-dozen packages for me this week, I will be resuming mail operations manana (I ain't going into work till Wednesday).
Yay!
: )
***EDIT: Oh, yeah...and apparently while I was in the air, Mr. Maliszewski gave a fairly positive review of my B/X Companion over at Grognardia. That's pretty cool; check it out when you have a chance!****
Congratulations on the glowing review!
ReplyDeleteThe review was well-deserved!
ReplyDeleteOne time I returned to the States through SeaTac and they were on me from the second I checked into the airport. Dogs on my luggage, taken aside, put in the little room to strip down. After that, AAA and coming back through LAX and no problems. I really hate SeaTac.
ReplyDeleteThe review made me want to buy it, but I don't buy physical gaming books anymore, and read them mostly on my netbook. Any ETA on a PDF version? Note: I'd probably pay the same amount for a PDF, it's not the price I balk at, I just don't have shelf space for books I will only read idly (but want to read badly, nonetheless!)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Colin
@ N. Wright & Pal: Thanks! The support for the book has been pretty good, and I WAS pleased with how it turned out myself. I'm glad folks are finding it to their taste!
ReplyDelete@ Ancientvaults: Living in Seattle, I take SeaTac a LOT and I have never had anything like that happen (on the other hand, my point of entry from other countries has generally been through other airports). Personally I like it AND the free public WiFi...no problems this time around. On the other hand, every time I've been through LAX (which my wife and I avoid like the plague) we've ended up missing connecting flights due to that nightmare C-F!
@ Colin: the book will be available as a pdf at some point in the future, but there's no ETA as of yet. Stay tuned, however!