Well, I’m on the bench today, so no stories of aerial derring-do tomorrow, gomen. And I haven’t the heart to watch HRH and the Obamanon tear and flail at each other any longer, nor listen to their appalled partisans channel their appertaining rage to hang upon the slender reed of John McCain’s alleged dalliances. Especially after the paper’s own editor was bestirred to tut-tut the whole matter.
That left us free to finish a chapter of our thesis, the Great White Whale that it is, and aye, mate – well may you call me Ishmael for I have steadfastly resisted falling under Ahab’s terrible spell. His fixity of purpose I have rebelled against by spending a good two and a half hours Enriching The User Experience at these our humble digs. Rather than waxing it the eloquent on the topic of lean, six sigma and the theory o’ constraints as they pertain to the naval aviation enterprise, pilot production in the late 1990’s, F404 bare firewalls and flying hour program shortfalls.
Gripping stuff, really.
But! We got our archives back, so we did. Searchable by date or category. And the alert commenter will note that s/he has up to five minutes in which to amend a spelling error, or otherwise revise and extend their remarks. There’s also a bit of a tag/category cloud where once static lists stood on the starboard sidebar. I’m not a hundred percent in love with it right now, but we’ll see if it grows on us, or not.
Had a bit of a networking thing on Thursday – lunch at a local, just exploring the options like. Old friends. Walked away feeling like I was being rushed in a fireman’s carry towards the exit, let’s go-go-go and when can you start?
There’s a kind of relief in knowing that I have been not so much offered work as hustled towards it, I guess. More of the same in a coat and tie rather than khakis, and if I’ve done the math correctly on the tax consequences and leave sell-backs we should be able to ease out a reef or two in the mainsail by early summer. Still stuck not knowing what I want to be when I grow up, but have come to the reluctant conclusion that if you can’t decide what you want to do, then anything that pays is as good or better than anything that doesn’t. And no, the Chippendales haven’t returned my calls.
Season 4 of The Wire is waiting for me in the mailbox. Chapter 2 begs for closure in the window just beneath this one.
Decisions, decisions.
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Oh, and one last thing: Thank God for Reno.
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(H/T to StableHand at Rusty’s place.)
Anything but the thesis, huh, Lex?
And I had no idea but … if God hates Reno, then I just love the place!
The anchor mentions in his report that westboro is a Baptist churh. However, I did some looking into these fruitcakes and they don’t belong to any organized Baptist organization. In fact, the members of the church are all members of the same family. I know one thing, they certainly don’t represent the christianity that I know.
Jim C
BZ on the job! And one in the bag makes the next several options all the easier.
If you could do ANYTHING you want, what would it be?
“revise and extend…”
Do we haveta turn on Javascript to do that? I would love to have preview, and I think I saw it offered here, but my system is so ancient that nobody will deign to protect it from vira, or adware. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that I have _both_ Dirt and Back Orifice running on this thing. I don’t _think_ I’ve broken any laws, as no flash-bangs have come through the windows and my door has not yet been kicked down by masked armored government criminals, but one never knows.
Embrace the Suck! McCain in 2008
Wesboro Baptist “church” is anything but a church. Yes, all one family whose only mission in life is to cause pain and anguish to those who are suffering the worst loss of all right now – the death of a soldier. Thank good for Patriot Riders protecting those funerals and families.
Lex – it is immensely gratifying to have someone offer you something new on-the-fly. Good for you and no surprise!
Well, I’ll try to remember to tip my hat to Reno as I pass over en route to Las Vegas next week… Army training you know. Seriously. Well, the first 4 or 5 days of it.
Glad to hear that you have serious offers of future employment in hand as you prepare to depart the uniformed service of your country.
On occasion sailing under the storm jib is the wisest course of action.
They are looking for gamers over here in Korea. money is not so great(with housing allowance its OK and its tax exempt)-but the work is feast and famine. When you are on you ON, when you are off-no one bothers you.
But you have to deal with some brutal winters here.
Well, Bless the patriot bikers (sorry ,I forget their official group name at the moment) for having the character to stand up to that obscenity, and for having the courage to stay in it when the pushing started.
Just one quibble- although singing is an effective tactic in the face of shouted slogans, their singing is horrid. They should practice the national anthem, some service songs, some patriotic stuff and some hymns maybe. With the right passion, Gutthrie’s ‘This land Is Your Land’ even comes across as patriotic.
They might really get into it, and enjoy their own road-side chorus performance, and it would be a pleasure to hear. That might also get more media time, and would spread an even more inspiring message than just ‘Bikers stand up to Phelp’s ‘church’.
How ’bout it, guys?
Best regards, P-dub.
Whew, for a moment I thought you meant Janet.
Well, I guess Vegas just got a run for its money as my favorite city in NV.
Let’s see, Lex. You fly. You like doing BFM. You’ve got oodles of air-to-mud experience. And you hate terrorists. I think you may want to look into this for your next act (sorry, don’t know how to hyperlink): http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20070827.aspx
Lots of the T-6 drivers on mainside have been applying there recently. . .
A Wire fan. Makes this site even better.
Interesting info on the Tucano. Didn’t I gripe in here about a year ago for the need for a cheap, survivable close-air-support platform wrapped around a turboprop? As in most things, somebody else was way ahead of me.
Peter: the Patriot Guard Riders come from all walks of life, their only common trait is that they respect our soldiers and wish to protect the dignity of our fallen when receiving their final respects by shielding the family at their invitation only.
That’s a fairly large demographic, but few of them probably sing well. One just doesn’t tend to find a lot of guys with names like “Chainsaw” who have the deep bartione and breath control necessary to really recreate the classics. I have been told by scruffy people normal folks would cross the street to avoid that I sing like a goat. But it does make for some fun if not somber rides and interesting conversations.
Skippy: South Korea needs gamers? Trust me, the winters won’t be a problem. What kind of coin are we talking? There is a certain appeal to taking a year or two off of work to just play video games. You know, re-live that first semester of college prior to mid-term exams and the Rude Awakening that study time was required.
– Max
God Blessed Reno, didn’t they? With Men and Women of good character and stout hearts. Thanks Reno.
Subsunk