So anyway, I've decided to go ahead and file paperwork for retirement. As it stands now, it becomes effective on 2 April - though I'll admit that my chances of seeing that particular date as a retirement date I figure to be about one in ten. I believe that around the middle of January they're going to institute Stop-Loss again - though it could well be for specific specialties and I may not be affected. Guess we'll see, won't we?

Other stuff: Halloween was fun this year. We had a fog machine in a crate in the front yard - hissing and spitting out smoke every so often. And this year I tried the Mad Scientist role, instead of the military camo-facepaint stuff. But you need props, right? Old lab coat, misc. cables and such - and, of course, lights. There's something sold at QuikTrip called 'Lobe Strobes', basically little LED flasher earrings. They're bright, and made a fine light show - and we used them to very good effect at Halloween. .
posted by Jerry at 10:55 AM