Turn That Frown Upside Down

Oh, great. The TSA has turned to witchcraft.

My own reaction to anything in an airport other than a snappy "right this way sir" with an arm extended toward a jetway is a look of pure, vicious contempt, so this is sure to slow my travel time. The government's assertion that "microfacial expressions . . . are the same across many cultures" is funny not only because there is no such thing as a "microfacial expression," but also because the very same official goes on to note the importance of "a cultural awareness component" since people in other cultures . . . don't use the same facial expressions. Anyone who's ever tried wearing a Vanna White smile on a crowded street in France knows this to be true. "Why are those Japanese women covering their mouths when they laugh? Arrest them!"

Tip o' the toboggan to my man James at the Mahatma X Files.