Travelin' Blues

Today's edition of Daily Candy Travel is a point of interest for anyone schlepping themselves and their family anywhere for Thanksgiving. Whether you're going across town or across the country, you can use a little guidance for ways to fill your time stuck in traffic or the terminal. Here are their "best boredom-bashing tips" for your holiday trek.

Stuck in Traffic in the Taxi

You get carsick if you read, but not if you listen. Before you leave, go to Audible.com and download I Am America (and So Can You!) for laughs and On the Road to be reminded how much longer your journey could be.

Of course, it’s too late to do that now. So teach yourself to meditate. Inhale and exhale to a count of one, then two, then three, up to ten, then backward. The car has moved ten inches, and your brow is unfurrowed.

Terminal Boredom

The best time to tackle the to-do list? When there’s nothing to do. Stash in your carry-on: seven unread New Yorkers, unpaid AmEx bills, office expenses, tweezers. About those 357 unanswered e-mails …

Need to get online? Check TravelPost’s handy airport WiFi guide. Need a power outlet? Look for the vacuum cleaner plugs (usually in a pillar — no one else is looking there). Need a comfy chair? Join Priority Pass for access to more than 500 airport lounges or pony up the $50 to get into your carrier’s for the day.

High in the Sky

When the movie is unwatchable, befriend your seatmate with travel Scrabble or keep yourself entertained with Schott’s Miscellany 2008.