As it turned out, it was a good night here in Arlington, and a relatively peaceful passing of the first hurricane here since Isabel roared through on September 6th, 2003. I was in unit 515 at Big Pink then, on the south face of the massive building and took the winds head on from the […]

Irene good night, Irene good night, Good night Irene, good night Irene, I’ll see you in my dreams. Last Saturday night I got married, Me and my wife settled down, Now me and my wife we are parted, I think I’ll go out on the town. Sometimes I live in the country, Sometimes I live […]

When I get older losing my hair, Many years from now, Will you still be sending me a valentine Birthday greetings bottle of wine? If I’d been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door, Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I’m sixty-four? – Lennon and McCartney Who […]

“The guys who are looking for the Higgs-Boson may have blown the bottom out of Anthropomorphic-related global warming.” I said, looking at Old Jim over a glass of happy hour white, which was, on this day, a pink rose with a faint but invigorating hint of aeration. Crisp, but white is not red, regardless of […]

There was more damage than expected from the quake yesterday. Most of you felt it, as the rumble emanated from a point three miles under the tiny village of Mineral, Virginia. The tip of the Washington Monument has cracks, and some of the spires of the National Cathedral snapped off an plunged to the well-manicured […]

We have a hurricane coming this way. Doesn’t look like we will get smacked, though the Carolinas should not be so sanguine about their prospects. We will get soaked, though, and that is not so bad a prospect, though it will make the last days at poolside problematic. I was happy to get a decent […]

Morning, Gentle Readers! It is one of those Mondays for which there was no preceding day of rest- a flash-back to the old Pentagon Friday greeting that went: “Have a great weekend; only two working days to Monday!” On this particular Monday, our friendly government customer has scheduled two technical briefs on prospective bits of […]

I picked up my date for the service only a few minutes late. I did not want to keep him waiting, but had to stop by the office to retrieve the phone I had left next to the keyboard when I fled the office on Friday. My date was Mac- he is still a little […]

I am bustling around trying to get organized for the memorial service, since I have confirmation that my 91-year-old-date will be ready for pick up at his residence over in Ballston at 12:45. The man we will memorialize was blown up in an IED attack in Iraq last year and struggled with PTSD since returning. […]

Admiral Mac drove over to the Willow in his golden Jaguar- first trip out since he took ill earlier in the summer. We agreed to meet and resume our informal discussions of the latter part of his time in the Navy, and specifically the events that surrounded the capture of the USS Pueblo and his […]