lisah's ancestor and mine served together: [link]

Mom's family can be easily traced to three people on the Mayflower, one of whom fought the first recorded duel here. We are a grumpy people.

Jesse, ask them where they go for lunch. Is their desk nearby? Go by sometime and say you are going out for a coffee/soda, do they want anything.

Nobody's desk is nearby, and we all go to the cafeteria... I mean, the people in my department are close, and we do all go to lunch sometimes. But there are so many people here! I think as I have more meetings with more different people it will work itself out.

lisah's ancestor and mine served together: [link]

Oh, hey! That's who Greensboro (where I went to grad school) is named after! Also he was at the Battle of the Brandywine just up the road from where I grew up in DE.

My ancestor guy was possibly a huge, Mel Gibson-style, asshole.

Cowboy boots are cool. That looks was pure admiration.

I just met a coworker who was wearing Scrabble tile earrings of her initials. Cute! I know there are people here I can be friends with, I'm just not sure how to make that happen...

"Excuse me, could I play Scrabble with your earlobes."

What's a mash note, Jesse? Do you maybe want to do one of those?

Signed,
Work Friends? Whut?

Wimbledon:

Wow, Berdych just stormed through Djokovic, didn't he?

That's who I'm now rooting for, Dana. With a broken heart.

It is also beautiful here, about 72 and sunny. But I am full of gronk. I already took the kiddo to nature day camp (which is an hour round trip, ugh), went to the psych, and to the grocery.

I should do something productive in the yard, but I just want to lay down and read for a while.

For Hec: Uncle Sam’s Amazing Warship of the Sky (Sep, 1931)

The biggest airship in the world, an amazing structure which is veritably a flying battleship, is practically finished and ready for test flights by the U. S. Navy, The man who supervised the design of this warship of the sky reveals here the fascinating mechanical details of its construction.

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Aside from the new methods in construction, the outstanding feature of the Akron will be the hangar built within the hull to house five scouting and pursuit airplanes, both to supplement her scouting activities and to aid in her defense if attacked by enemy planes. A truss built between the main frames in the second bay aft of the control car is placed directly above a *T” shaped door opening in the bottom of the fabric covering. Through this opening a trapeze will be lowered, and the airplanes, with a hook above their upper wing, will fly up and make contact, as has been done many times in experiments with the Los Angeles. After they have attached themselves the planes will be drawn up within the hull and hung up in storage from the supporting truss. The airplane compartment, 75 feet long and 60 feet wide, will provide space for five airplanes.