| SEPTEMBER 2013 | WWW.uSEnix.oRg PAgE 14The Slow Winter
J a m e s m i c k e n sA ccording to my dad, flying in airplanes used to be fun. You could smoke on the plane, and smoking was actually good for you. Every-body was attractive, and there were no fees for anything, and there
was so much legroom that you could orient your body parts in arbitrary and
profane directions without bothering anyone, and you could eat caviar and
manatee steak as you were showered with piles of money that were p