Did You Get That Memo?

About a month ago, I had to draft a memo for my Branch. So far, it seems like nothing has come of it. These things happen, I guess.

Subsystem Design Review (SSDR) 3 out of 4 began today. An hour late, and which didn't bode well. From there, we proceeded to get further and further behind schedule. I saw that happening a mile away. Two more days of this one, and Monday through Wednesday next week. We might have some spill-over into Thursday, though. Not to worry though, because Friday is a Federal holiday. Excellent.

I'm getting pretty excited about Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I think it premiers tomorrow. Transformers were a little bit before my time, so I can enjoy the movie without being an overly-critical fanboy. And who doesn't like giant robot-on-robot melees? In my younger, wilder days I would have gone to the midnight showing but I'm starting to feel like Sgt. Murtaugh. I'm getting too old for that s*$@! That and I don't think Jennifer would let me stay out that late.

Maybe some house looking this weekend. Not shopping, just looking.

And Whosoever Shall Be Found Without The Soul For Getting Down

The Mrs. and I drove to Memphis this weekend, namely for Joe Seboldt's wedding and Father's Day. We started the weekend off right by meeting Paula and John Paul at the American Cafe for dinner and one of those S'mores Sundaes. Go try one.



The wedding ceremony went pretty well, that same old "Sit down, Stand up, Pray-Pray-Pray!" Jennifer and I chose wisely by picking the Protestant row. Go Martin Luther.



The wedding was at 2:00 pm, and the reception was at 6:00 pm. No one knows why exactly we had such a gap. I personally believe this was just Joe messing with me. If so, well played Joe. Well played. Dinner was great, and the music was pretty good as well. Thriller - need I say more?



The family met for Father's Day lunch today because why not? They had a pretty sweet deal for a 12 oz ribeye, but I had a Big Dan instead because why not? Marinate on that for a while.

Email Warfare

Had a dry run for another Design Review today; the purpose is really to preview coming attractions and look for any missing portions - not to nit pick. However, they did set up a method by which we could email in technical questions - this allows the meeting to keep moving and hopefully clear up issues prior to the review. Because I was travelling yesterday I missed the portion I cared about. So I fired off a salvo before I left the office. Begun, this email war has.

I've already taken care of my expense report, in record time. All it took was the Administrative Assistant that hated me to leave. Honestly, I don't know what I did to anger her. I'm nothing if not exceedingly likable.

Jennifer & I went for a walk this afternoon, and almost melted. Stupid humidity. Stupid, stupid, humidity. Royal Pains is a pretty good show - if only I could remember to watch Burn Notice.

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Regarding last night's post: It has been brought to my attention that "The Big D" actually refers to Dallas, Texas. Tom lied to me. Lied. To. Me.

Tech Review in Big D

Time for an update. I just spent the past few days in the Denver, CO area for a Technical Review. What's a Tech Review, you ask? Well, its very technical. Really, it was an opportunity for the contractor (Lockheed Martin Space Systems) to present their work to date to engineering-types prior to the Subsystem Design Review, which is for project management-types. Other than the powerpoint engineering sections, it wasn't too bad.

On Monday night, Tom (another engineer from my branch) and I went to eat at the Trail Dust Steakhouse, famous for its "No Ties Allowed" policy (they will remove it by force). It was a rootin'-tootin' good time. We even went down the slide.

For lunch on Tuesday, a bunch of us at at a local taco shack called Mi Cocina. The tacos were muy bueno; more notable was the fact that the plates were not radioactive. Dinner was at P.F. Chang's, which was a first for me. The spicy chicken was muy bueno as well (I don't know how to describe it in Chinese, other than Super Excellent No. 1 Tasty).

As for Denver (Big D, if you hadn't put that together), the parts that I saw were very nice. The ever-present Rocky Mountains are a sight to behold. Also, highs in the 80's with 30% humidity is something I could get used to. Leaving Jennifer at home alone isn't so fun though. We're already putting it on the Places to Visit list.