Old Sparky

Apparently, Tennessee still uses the electric chair as a method of execution. Did not know that.

Yesterday's seminar was as awesome as I'd hoped. As it turns out, this guy designed the engines on the SR-71 Blackbird. They gave him an original design that provided no thrust, and melted the afterburners. He tweaked it with some jiggers (that's a slang term for the more proper "thingamabobs") somewhere, and wound up with a pretty sweet engine that pissed off the Russians for decades. And he met Charles Lindbergh, Jimmy Doolittle, and Juan Trip. Totally, totally cool.

I got a call yesterday from the FAA (one person, not everybody). The woman told me to apply for a specific position that's in Georgia (not too far from Atlanta). I filled out the online application, so we'll see where that goes. I wonder if they'd fly me over? If anyone could, it'd be them.

Today was pretty low-key. A little spin-lab work, class, and lunch were followed by a trip to Huntsville & Madison, Alabama. Jeff had some errands, and needed an extra set of hands moving a couple of things before the big move on Saturday. That should be fun. Dinner at Beauregard's was excellent, as always.

Consult your magic 8-ball about an update tomorrow.