I had a dramatic insight into my life in O'Hare once. It was: "I am never flying through this freaking city again if there is any alternative, even if said alternative is flying from Los Angeles to NYC via Easter Island." Actually, I had two insights, but the other one involved fast food, and I won't put it here in case you're eating.

I hear you can have other dramatic insights in Chicago if you actually leave the airport, though. Would you, as someone who has actually spent time in non-air-travel-related parts of Chicago, agree with this?

(And I'm really happy to hear that some of my SN recs are new to at least some fans. I figured there was a good chance that everyone in SN had read every single fic out there, so I've been recommending with the SN newbie in mind. Although I notice that, for example, many of my favorite fics have not yet been recommended on crack_van.)