Aaaaaand that's enough aviation internet for the day.

Happy Thanksgiving. Consume responsibly.

1/ I got stopped on the street in Koenji (Tokyo) and taken to the koban (police box) because there was an assault earlier in the day in Chiba (also Tokyo.) This is the same thing ICE is doing now. They hear about a possible assault in San Bernardino and start jamming people up in Brentwood.

Listening to airframe structural mechanics argue about how Schrader valves work. There are six of them. They're all convinced they're right and the other five are wrong. They just got done arguing about how radar works.

Dr. Strangelove Part 2: Or How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love The Mineshaft Wait. That's just 'Silo.' Well, shit.

Anthropic "released" (-5 for incorrect word choice, should be "sponsored and paid for") a study saying people are 1,892,312% (or some other absurd number) more efficient when using their "product." Yes, and I'm sure the Philip-Morris "studies" about smoking not causing cancer were equally unbiased.

I still feel sorry for the Air Force recruiter who kept calling my parents' house asking if I was available to talk or interested in enlisting. For two years. After I joined the Navy.

I am an Eagle Scout. I will always be proud of Scouting. To be fair, they've grappled with some heinous shit of late. That said, the core tenets of decency toward others, selfless community service, respect for diversity of thought, and doing the right thing even when it's hard? It's still there.

Remembering when I returned from a three week TAD in Japan to find a noise complaint from my downstairs neighbor sent through the landlord. Dated from a week prior. Bro, I know we went a little hard in Shinjuku but I didn't think you could hear it 5,500 miles away.

DeSantis promised to unveil a “robust package” of state AI policies and referenced fears that the current excitement about AI may lead to a financial slump if the technology doesn’t work out as promised. Werner Herzog, narrating: They blithely continue on as though the house is not already on fire.

John Scalzi, although a menace to burritos, gets it.

1/ Being in the Navy made wardrobe choices for work really easy. Normal day: brown things. Working on aircraft day: coverall things. Airplane ride: zoom bag things. Important people: white or black fancy things. Although civilian work clothes are hard sometimes, the shoes?

Jesus built my car It's a love affair Mainly Jesus and my hotrod Yeah, fuck it.

Decide to read article in The Atlantic about climate change. Brain: You should graph adiabatic lapse rates. Me: Bruh, no. I think we need to do Actual Job Work. Brain: Math and graphs. Me: No. Brain: Math and graphs. Me: We're going to have to learn more about thermodynamics. Brain:

Images from the NTSB preliminary investigation into the UPS MD-11 crash. The entirety of the report is worth reading. As a former helicopter mechanic, catastrophic material failures are some scary stuff. www.ntsb.gov/investigatio...

Today I learned the Japanese Kanji for minute (分) is the same in Mandarin.

High school near the house is having some sort of event. Right now, their stadium is blaring this. Not entirely sure what to make of that.

Post your getaway vehicle.

I seriously can't stop laughing at these idiots.

This is what's up.

I used to read the USS Sterett deck log excerpts published in 'Neptune's Inferno' by James Hornfischer to new Chiefs. Ship COs used to be given the ability to promote Sailors to Chief. To think that one would recognize the heroism not with a medal but with their Anchors? Kind of a big deal.

Mandatory ethics training in the military is probably one of the few subjects Enlisted people take very seriously. I don't even think plants appreciate the CO2 this utterly deranged lackwit produces.

I applied for a job at Intuit. Very glad I didn't get it after poking around in their history. That organization is nothing more than angry sharks incorporated.

Being in meetings and explaining to coworkers that water conservation in California is more than just building new dams? Yeah.

Yes, let's employ that old Silicon Valley sawhorse "move fast and break things" to nuclear reactors. What could possibly go wrong?

Why is it every goddamn show with the CIA in it has to feature some ultimate badass created by scumbags with a giant fucking hole in the middle where you'd normally find things like a plot and / or narrative thread?

All I want for Christmas is freedom from free-floating existential dread.

Thrift store find. I'd be curious what became of ARM2c Cobb. FNA-9 is 1950s vintage, came with the original sleeve.

Something is vibrating inside one of my desk speakers. It only happens at lower frequency notes over a certain amplitude. Guess I'll be taking that apart today.

BRAIN RPM LOW with Master Caution. Can't remember the EP boldface for this. Buckle up, it's going to be a day.

I <3 pilots.

PORNGRAPH.

Ritsuko Akagi has a sudden outbreak of Fiscal Responsibility.

A contractor Jerb works with was presenting and had a message pop up from a coworker: "I hate dealing with [Jerb]." It got real quiet for a few seconds.

Us: Do not do This Thing. Them: <Immediately does This Thing.> Us: Look, don't do This Thing again. Them: <Immediately does This Thing, again.> Us:

Epstein e-mails.

When you're opining that McCarthy wasn't a despicable opportunistic predator who only served himself, you may want to consult with your doctor to see if shutting the fuck up is right for you. Which, in this case, I guarantee is a good idea.

Small village in southern England, 1988 There is a plinth in the town with names. Three sides consumed by the dead from a single conflict. One for everything since, not even half full. I didn't understand it at the time. I still can't comprehend it now.

I got to throw a Frisbee around the cargo hold of a C-5 while transferring two helicopters from Hawaii to California. For a few fleeting moments, I threw a Frisbee higher and faster than anyone else on the planet. Happy Veteran's Day to all of my fellow unrecognized exceptional humans.

Wife: Why is there a glass of scotch on the liquor cabinet? Me: That's for your grandfather. Today is the Marine Corps birthday. I got a hug. Her grandfather passed eight years ago.

Vince Gilligan needs to get the fuck out of New Mexico. I've had to explain for 17 years that the state is not full of meth labs, I do not know how to make meth, and my high school chemistry teachers were not bald sociopaths. Now I get to explain we're not all hive mind space monkeys?

Meanwhile, in North Korea...

Happy Birthday to all my Marine friends. Red is still the best flavor.

There is no race, national origin, religion, creed, sexual orientation, or gender identity with a monopoly on patriotism. There is, unfortunately, a certain subset of white heterosexual men who believe they have the right to dictate who is and is not fit to serve. That group can fuck off.

Neighbor: Don't you get Veteran's Day off for being a veteran? Me:

Sea of Japan, 1998 Brian: Dude, you cut the fuck out of your head. You're fucking bleeding everywhere. Me: I don't give a fuck. Gimme a chem wipe and a rag. I need to get this goddamn bird fixed. San Diego, 2025 Me: I think I'm dying. Wife: From a flu shot? Me: Go on without me, my love. Wife:

If you see this, post an anime you love.

Me when someone uses the phrase "with all due respect" while talking to an extremely volatile government employee. (To be fair, said employee is extremely volatile because they're doing everything after their seven coworkers were furloughed.)

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY MEDICAL EMERGENCY. YOU'D HAVE TO TALK TO MY ATTORNEY.

I had a PT shirt (before the Minion uniform came out) that was gray and said NAVY across the front. Marine friend and I were talking about something in the barracks over a few beers one night and 'Hot Shots' came up. Needless to say, PT shirt got changed with a Sharpie to read THE NAVY.