1. The new self-sorting security lines at airports.
Louisville and about 50 other airports currently have them, allowing passengers to choose Expert, Casual or Family security lanes. Security has always been a relatively painless process at SDF, but getting through the Expert line in about 90 seconds this morning made me almost giddy.

2. Art:21
If I was a billionaire and someone showed me an episode of PBS’s “Art in the 21st Century,” I would immediately give PBS a billion dollars. We’ve been watching old episodes from Netflix and I’m continually amazed by how important this series is now, and will be in the future, after great artists like Richard Serra and Sally Mann, and controversial artists like Matthew Barney are no longer with us. The series itself has a core, a vision, an aesthetic that doesn’t get in the way of the artist’s work; it’s a joy to watch, and I’m so glad the old episodes are available. It also has the longest funding credits of any public television series in history. Which is why if I was a billionaire, I’d give a billion dollars to PBS… plus another billion for Art:21.