The Urban Erma is a weekly humor blog featuring the observations and ruminations of freethinking, globetrotting, African-American, female stand-up comedian, Leighann Lord. The name of the blog is a respectful nod to famed humor columnist, Erma Bombeck. Her stories about family life in the suburbs had Leighann laughing all through her childhood. Follow Leighann on Twitter and be a fan on Facebook.
With ever-tightening airport security rules and airline price increases for extra baggage it pays to travel light; this clashes quite a bit with the...