security – Catharsis of the Bogue

Hey there all. It is supposed to be Poetry Tuesday but I have nothing for you right now except this:

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

The holiday’s are here,

Bah Humbug to you!

Lame I know but….Anyway, have you ever found something completely by accident and had no idea where it came from? On your person more so than in your living room. I was in the shower the other day and found a scratch on my leg that had some pretty significant scabs. How did it get there? I don’t know. All I know is I just found it.

Here is a question for you folks then, and it relates to blogging. Have you been poking around your own blog and find that there is crap on it that you don’t remember knowing anything about? Whether it is comments waiting for approval or spam deletion or updates on plugins or even someone has posted something that no one should have been able to post, is it time that you looked into some more security?

Now this is not going to turn tutorial to keep you blog safe. There are plenty other sites out there that do a better job than I could. I just want to say that you should look into at least changing your password once in a while. Don’t get caught unawares and lose all of your hard work.

I would love to hear your thoughts.

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Until next time,

Justin

LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 01: U.S. Transportation Security Administration supervisor Nick Fox (R) and another TSA employee demonstrate an advanced image technology (AIT) millimeter wave scanner using new Automated Target Recognition software being tested by the TSA at McCarran International Airport February 1, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new software detects potential threat items and displays them on the outline of a generic body displayed on a monitor attached to the unit instead of using passenger-specific images. TSA officers will no longer need to use a remotely located room to view the images, which will make the process more efficient according to a TSA spokesman. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Last year there was much speculation and fear associated with the TSA and flying in general. It hasn’t eased up. If you haven’t read already, we are headed to Florida in 3 weeks for my daughters Make A Wish trip. We have known this for a while now, and, of course, getting to Florida from Utah means flying.

With that I know that the TSA is imminent. I began to research the new security procedures and things we would have to do. It didn’t encourage me. I started figuring that I may as well make the best of this and get through security with as little hassle as possible. Now, with the trip so close, I have a plan for dealing with security.

I did not have a plan for my nightmares about dealing with the TSA and spending the whole Make A Wish trip in a jail cell. The jail cell came after handing the tickets to my wife and saying, “Have a nice trip” as I launched myself at the TSA Agent who went above and beyond his duty in the pat down search of my 11 year old daughter.

His wandering hands earned him a broken nose and disfigured face. I may not be a finesse boxer but I have spent considerable amounts of time on the heavy bag just hitting hard. It was no different in this dream. The first punch caught his nose, the second his jaw. By the time he fell and I jumped on top of him, there were 3 other agents there pulling me off. I woke up after that so I don’t really know if I made it to Florida or not.

I hope that was not a prophetic dream. I am still trying to take a deep breath and make the best of the TSA thing, but I have 4 kids to get through security. Even writing this post may doom all of us to full body scans and pat downs but I have nothing to hide so it should be ok.

Image from the backscatter advanced imaging technology (AIT) machine used by the TSA to screen passengers. This is what the remote TSA agent would see on their screen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Any horror stories from you all about the TSA, or better yet, good stories that will take me away from all fo the bad that happens to show up every day. Let me know in the comments.