Wow, second day in a row. In some schools of thought, that's a repeatable trend and can be reported as such. To hell with statistically significant sample sizes. But I digress. Wait...no I didn't. Oh, dear.
All sorts of things got accomplished at work today. The big thing on my plate right now is a materials testing proposal that I'm working on with a senior engineer. Mostly, the senior engineer (we'll call him Steve) is actually working on the test matrix and I'm putting it in a much more readable PowerPoint format. Steve does ask for my input, but he uses the same tone that one uses when posing the question, "does anyone else want the last roll?" Steve gets points for being polite at least. Also, this presentation may float all the way up to the Orion Program Chief Engineer's office. That's both exciting and a little scary. We'll see how that turns out.
I also took care of some business relating to the upcoming move (more details as we approach - I might even devote an entire post to the narrative).
Now that I'm done with my thesis (that's another narrative that I'll get around to (let's say next week) ), I'm finally getting a chance to read again. Right now I'm about halfway through The Galileo Affair by Eric Flint & Some Other Guy. I really need to hurry up, because I've got a highly anticipated book coming out in September, The Scourge of God. I'm torn about what to do there - its a continuation in an already substantial series and my longstanding tradition is to re-read the previous novel right before the new one comes out. Not only does it reorient me to a universe I haven't fooled with in almost a year, it also temporarily satisfies my hunger for the new book. Right now the release date is 9/2/08 and getting through a book and a half by then is quite the feat even by my standards.
The Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO got kicked off today - well la-di-frickin'-da.
Finally, hurricane/tropical depression Fay struck Huntsville today. So far, I'm not very impressed. I'm guessing the media plays them up for ratings.
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