It’s been ONE of those weeks…
Quickie road trip, dealing with scientists, handling OMGELEVENZIES crap, and fighting off a cold…
Kinda feel like this…
I’m now firmly convinced that scientists just consider the real world an impediment to their pursuits…
And money just a ‘minor’ inconvenience… $5500 for a computer WITHOUT four $2500 GPUs and over 2000 cores and they want it next week! Yeah, right…
And if I see one more set of Gaussian formulas that run three powerpoint slides (supposedly the SHORT version) with random K distributions thrown in, I think I’m gonna puke…
And the nice little ‘show of force’ by flying two B-2s from Whitman to Korea and back only ran about $5.2M based on a little back of the envelope calculations… And that’s NOT counting the ‘escort’ aircraft that nobody is mentioning, or the tanker packages…
Personally, I think one B-52 unloading a ‘full’ load would have been more attention getting… For ‘some’ unknown reason, seeing 50+ Mk-82s or Mk-117s coming out of the bombbay on target is just a ‘tad’ more impressive…
During the first Gulf War, after ONE Linebacker strike, an entire battalion of Republican Guards gave up to a Predator drone, because they were afraid it was a precursor to another strike…
AND to add insult to injury, I’ve still got to finish my taxes…
You are a tough man, my friend. I think I would have told ‘them’ to go suck a ……. well…… probably would have reacted differently under that stimuli.
Yuck!! Sorry to ear it’s been rough!
“I’m now firmly convinced that scientists just consider the real world an impediment to their pursuits, and money just a ‘minor’ inconvenience.” — Now, that is a profound statement and is absolutely true.
+1 with LL – profound indeed.
Obama simply has no idea how to deal with the PRK. I suspect the new little critter running is is simply along for the ride. I believe it’s the military in charge and Un has no idea how to handle/control/slow them. While my heart is doing it’s best to hope – I fully expect to see a cross-border artillery exchange within the month. I’m hoping it will be played off as an “accident” and bring everyone to there senses . . . .
As for the B2 vs B52 – I think either was foolish. While Obama may be struttin’ his stuff the whole world knows he’s weak, will never commit troops and will continue to disarm and weaken the US. No one doubts that. Make for a dangerous world sir.
Safe travels!
Taxes! I KNEW I was forgetting something.
Speculating… If Kim Crazy decides to punch the button and start lobbing rockets towards us (to scare whales in the Bering Strait?), would they move the long-range stuff just a hair closer? Pearl, Diego … Midway/Henderson?
… or would we just park an Ohio-class somewhere in the Sea of Japan and start lobbing Tomahawks?
+1 to the comment about scientists; doctors fall into the same category, and I have a whole building full of them. I’d mention herding cats, but then I’d have to apologize to cats.
I fully expect our Commander-In-Chief will show the same Courage and Fortitude towards any attack by North Korea with the same Resolve and Determination as he showed when the American Consulate in Libya was Assaulted.
Bless you. The stuff about the computers….made my head hurt. Compared to that, your taxes should be easy.
Your whole problem, NFO, is trying to be sane and rational. Maverick.
Welcome home, rest up, and have a good weekend!
Well, in defense of scientists and doctors (of which I sorta are one), the real world does sometimes get in the way of more important things… 🙂
Why can’t program managers just write us checks and then leave us alone?
As for the cold, my grandmother swore by hot tea with fresh lemon slices, honey, and brandy. Give it a try.
Oh Buckup, your gettin so cranky, dammit ! I was sorta willing to send you a bottle of Moylan’s Kilt Lifter for the cold, you know… but it seems to have disappeared.
Get some rest, I got in slept 11 hours and am thinking of heading to the store to buy some manner of cow for dinner, then more sleep.
the other Brigid 🙂
I took a range day… 🙂
Carteach- THAT occurred to me more than once, trust me!
Agirl- Same crap TSM puts up with… But without the travel… 🙂
LL- Yeah, it is… Sigh
Bill- Thanks and yeah, NO clue!
Ed- Sigh…
Rev- LOL
Les- Probably!
Stephen- Makes MY head hurt too!
WSF- I know, I know…
Opus- I did, I went to the range! 🙂
Tim- Because you actually have to DO something with the money, not just sit a dream up stuff… 😛
Brighid- Yes Dear… Was the beer good?
Get some rest where you can. You’re always welcome to disappear here