I had my first TDY with the new job. We were doing a bunch of briefings to the type of people who don't go anywhere without their team of lackys. I've been told that when a person makes the rank of Major in the Air Force, they take away his tongue. When he makes LtCol they take away his brain... and when he makes Col they give him back his tongue. In all honesty, although I've had my fair share of upper management buffoonery, I've found that once you get high enough you tend to run into some really talented people. The guys I talked to were on the ball and pretty tough. I couldn't rely on my usual method of abrasive sarcasm but in the end I think I held my own. The big news is that my bosses were happy and have decided to continue to pay me... which is always good.
I'm not much of a beer guy but we did throw a couple back (I had two). One of them was a Brazilian beer called Xingu which I ordered on accident. It's actually pretty good and sweet for a dark beer. I decided it was like a Guinness... but not shitty.
This picture is not of that beer. It's the picture I sent my boss when he asked where I was after the first round of briefings. I then promptly sent him directions to the pub.
So that's about it. I didn't really take any pictures because I didn't have time for any. It was a really fast paced, really stressful event and I'm so glad to be back home. It was a horrible flight back with two mechanical failures causing me to stay in Atlanta longer than I wanted to... which happens to be not at all. Atlanta sucks.
On a side note, I think I got a good in for Rome NY. There's this little place there called the Air Force Research Laboratory, and I think I made a good impression on one of the big wigs from there. Hopefully in a year or two Joy and I can escape from Suck-antonio and get to somewhere more normal. Also, I can live out where I can build out my wind turbines in peace!
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Go for it .... Can't wait till we can do all the holidays together and stuff :)
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