Yesterday I made a special trip to the Newark Airport to conduct my in-person interview for TSA Pre.
It seemed like a good idea when I signed up a couple of weeks ago. Interviews are only conducted at Newark and JFK — not my usual LaGuardia — so I opted for Newark since I can get there easily enough by train.
Then the heavens opened up.
It was raining cats and dogs yesterday morning. The trains were all delayed. Even the tram at Newark was stopping and starting due to the weather.
So, needless to say, I was about seven minutes late for my interview, and the TSA doesn’t wait for anyone. They would only interview me if they had another ‘no-show.’ (Thankfully, that happened within 30 minutes.)
The interview itself took about five minutes, and I was approved — woo hoo! But if you see my ID, I won’t look happy about it.
The TSA doesn’t allow you to smile.
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The media has been talking so much lately about the movies that are really bad (Hot Pursuit, Paul Blart 2) that we haven’t heard nearly enough about the great ones.
Like Ex Machina.
But it’s so much more. And I challenge any of you who may have dismissed its AI premise to give it another look.
For one, the performances are stellar. Alicia Vikander as the robot Ava is stunning. You can completely understand why Caleb, played by the equally compelling Domhnall Gleeson, is so taken with her, because you are, too. (And does anyone remember that the two were also romantically paired in the wonderful Anna Karenina? #PointsMe)
Oscar Isaac is also the most wonderful kinda crazy as Ava’s inventor. “Isn’t it strange,” Ava asks him, “to create something that hates you?”
The cat and mouse game in this movie is wonderful. The film is filled with monsters, and it won’t be too long before you don’t know which is which. You’ll leave the theater talking about this film long afterwards.
For the right reasons.
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