Couldn’t help notice (via sitemeter) that someone’s been googling the hell out my pseudonym over the last cuppla. A fan no doubt, wanting to know more about your humble scribe. Probably not a wild-eyed jihadi, looking for a little get back. Almost certainly not a love child come a-looking for his incognate papa, some waif or psychopath from my long-lost, oft-lamented youth. Almost.
And hey, Nomax: If it’s you, I so did pay you that $20 bucks from Perth.
But once again, the world surprises you. Hard to believe that I’m the number one entry on the whole internets for “Imperial Valley Lap Dance.”
Strange but true.
Cold in Norfolk. And it rains. It really oughtn’t rain, when it’s cold outside.
Makes us shiver, so it does. We are rather unused.
You: Are we having fun in Norfolk, Lex?
Me: We are not, gentle reader. In fact we are rather profoundly bored.
You: And why ever should that be, Lex?
Me: It’s hours we’re spending talking about angels on the heads of pins, or at least the metaphysical equivalent, as it applies to training, manning and equipping a robust naval force, capable of executing the full spectrum of national tasking in a net-centric, maritime dominant, joint and/or coalition environment, but at exactly the right cost, at the right time.
You:
Me: And I see old people.
You: As old as you, yourself?
Me: Many of them.
You: Ah.
Me:
You: Is it over soon?
Me: It is! And we’re home again, into our family’s loving arms, before watching systems engineering and marketing classes via Video Telephone Conference on Friday all day, the ineffable joy of it.
You: *Sigh*
Me: Just so.
reminds me of the Simpsons episode where they say some website the most visited “non-porn” website but that means it’s number 1,000,000,000,000,653,485 of ALL websites. Giggity…
Just remember, it all gets better after ORSE.
ARGHHHH! “Smart” Airwing! No squadron maintainers. . . just have the AIMD bubbas run up to the flightdeck and troubleshoot from the Hummer Hole. And guess what?! We can rid of all those schools we pay for if we just have them figure it out via OJT. Mo’ Money! Mo’ Money!
Since manpower is no longer viewed as an investment but rather a cost, I can pretty much guess how those discussions will go.
The royal “we,” huh?
ARGHHHH! ORSE! MMDeuce gives me shivers. (Nowadays for me it’s DOELAP).
(Inside shoptalk– sorry to use your space for it.)
–Former MMAce
Cap’n
Any time a Service starts to think its personnel are a ‘cost factor’ and begin to rely upon complex electronic equipment, it’s time to consider retirment. Back in the day when a certain Captain wasn’t even considering Naval Service, this Beached Chief toiled to keep a Leahy Class DLG operational with a division of 15 FTs. We did it, even in the throes of the abominable Carter years. Long hours? Yes Sir. Frustrating times? 3 bags full, Sir. But we did it.
Try doing that today when the Service is trying to reduce ‘cost-factors’.
MMDeuce, Reese,
Quite a few 33xx NECs here, no?
- Former 3393/9527
Lex: “Cold in Norfolk. And it rains. It really oughtn?ɬ
Lex: “Cold in Norfolk. And it rains. It really oughtn’t rain, when it’s cold outside.
Makes us shiver, so it does. We are rather unused.”
“…no colder than 55 degrees…”
Me: Sigh ***55 degrees*** (Chuckling quietly to self and going back out into Wisconsin winter on bike)
“I see old people”. Heh. That was funny.
Oh and you would SO hate my job.
Steve,
Ah, a Twidge as we used to say. 3393 means you know your neutron flux. Good to meet you.
-Former 3376/3386
Looking at the word searches on my sitemeter is a favorite passtime of mine. (yeah. I know. “get a LIFE, why dontcha!”)
Here are some recent favs:
kitty fox porn (um. ok)
mommy boobies (not to mention “mommy titties”, “breasts”, “bare breasts”, “touch sister’s boob while she’s sleeping”, and “sister boobs jiggling in air when brother sees it without bra”)
adhd crock of shit (googled by a person who is oblivious to the harsh realities of ADHD)
zits on nipples (alrighty then…)
the coke side of life (i sure hope they meant the drink)
yep. I love sitemeter….
I’ll take credit for those google searches, Lex. You see I made you my Featured Blogger over on my blog and like you said, someone was probably doing a little research.
Who am I kidding? I only have 2 or 3 readers..
Well, thanks for the traffic Mark!