They start early...

From patgreene "I've succeeded in corrupting the children." :>

"Kevin [age 5] and I were listening to music today, and "Won't Get Fooled Again" came on. Kevin looked up from his drawing and asked 'Is this The Stones?' Taken aback, I answered, 'No, it's The Who.' 'Is it the short version or the long version?' 'The long version.' 'Oh, okay.' Then he went back to drawing. For some reason I found this all very funny."

This is the same precocious red-headed child that says "I have three girlfriends, like Daddy"...

Brian's upcoming travel

For anyone that's interested, here's my current understanding of my upcoming travel schedule (given my currently-approved orders):

Florida trip:
Wed. 26-Jun-02 SFO to Orlando, FL (on to Kennedy Space Center/Cocoa Beach)
Fri. 28-Jun-02 KSC back to SFO, prob. via Minneapolis on NW

SW trip:
Mon. 8-Jul-02 SFO to Phoenix (Honeywell)
Tue. 9-Jul-02 Phoenix to LA (Northrop)
Thur. 11-Jul-02 LA to SFO

Arctic research project/Honeywell:
Fri. 19-Jul-02 SFO to Edmonton
Sat. 20-Jul-02 Edmonton (~10am) to Resolute, NT
(chartered DHC-6 flights to/from Devon Island)
Sat. 3-Aug-02 Resolute, NT to Edmonton (~10pm)
Mon. 5-Aug-02 Edmonton to Minneapolis
Wed. 7-Aug-02 Minneapolis to SFO

Interesting hallway encounter...

[thinking of cjsmith] I talked with someone that I first hired at NASA, a few years ago -- Cecilia Aragon, former US aerobatics champion and still a world-class competitor in the sport. I hadn't seen her in a couple of years... she has her own plane. And is about to take a week's vacation to compete in an air race next week, transcontinental to Virginia... I should get off of my backside, and update my certification.