a few reMarks

I am at the airport once again, fortunately (or unforunately) I am not drunk. The San Francisco International Terminal is a very impressive architectural structure and design. It is also filled in with some great art. They had a small display on modern furniture design with molded plywood, and a section on Thailand's Buddha sculptures. Since when did airports get so loaded with cool stuff? I just may have never noticed.

As a child, whenever I went to the airport with my folks, it was a hurried and anxious affair. Constantly being rushed by my dad, and doing nothing but waiting. While I was strolling through the terminal chugging my non-regulation 5oz. water, I realized that damn this isn't so bad. I have leveraged all sorts of techniques to make flying out not stressful at all. Here's some stuff I did:

-Technology: Virgin America has self-check kiosks with by far the easiest confirmation codes to remember. No need to even print out a ticket. I just memorized my 6 letter code.
-Luggage: I've always made it a habit, to pack as little as possible. Less really is more.
-Transportation: BART goes straight from my home to SFO. My work bus drops me off right at the BART station!

I'll elaborate more on packing light another time, but keep in mind all sorts of easy techniques that can lessen your stress when traveling.

Update: What luck, even having to go through special full security check wasn't that bad! It let me skip the line, and they fast tracked my screened stuff to the front of the line, and I cut the longer metal detector/screening line. I wonder if they treat all potential terrorist with this much VIP love.

Paper. Our friend, shaved and treated from the very trees which provide us with shade, oxygen, and love, has been around for centuries. With the advent of technology and the thing many of called "the internet" a lot of people are attempting to stem the flood of paper that one gets constantly.

I'm all about getting rid of paperwork when necessary, but who knows what to get turn into St. Patrick's Day confetti or what to laminiate and seal into your safe box forever? You should know there are a few things you should never get rid of:

• I don't remember. I might have shredded the document that listed it.

Well, lucky for you "the internet" does remember! The equally-important-to-peruse-as-this-blog Unclutter, has a listing of documents to keep and for the length of time and what to shred.

So remember folks: The pen might be mighter than the sword, but the sword can cut trees to make paper. (What now, pen?)