Competent Person Finally Sighted

Re-posting
On the subject of Clinton yesterday, see Tina Brown's article in today's WP re his new role s facilitator-in-chief.

LindaLoo, my rosary last night was for all those situated in Rita's path. My apologies to all for my insensitive post yesterday about baby songs considering the dire straits our country is in with the national debt, war, hurricanes. I just wanted to smile; that was very selfish.

I don't think wanting to smile is ever selfish. It's the things in our lives that make us smile that make getting through the crises worth it.

Nani, we need baby songs, too!

Nani, there is absolutely no need to apologize! Your baby songs post added many much needed smiles to yesterdays 'boodle.

My sense last time was that their were a great many very competant responders just waiting for the government to get out of the way and let them get to doing their jobs. Well, now the administration gets a second chance to avoid being a hindrance, and maybe even help things along. Let's hope they've learned from the past. Nani, you on high ground?

Speaking of competent pilots, remember Dennis Fitch and United Airlines Flight 232? The jet had lost all hydraulics, was doomed to destruction, Dennis gets up from his passenger seat and lands the plane. Of course, he was a pilot trainer and so somewhat skilled, but still.... Good thing he hadn't been slugging down the $5 cocktails...

Nani,
I don't think wanting to smile is selfish. Last night, I, too, before falling asleep, thought "good thoughts" for all the people in the state being displaced from their homes and shelters (nursing homes, hospitals), and stuck on Texas freeways for hours on end, those who were trying to buy gasoline to find safe haven from the storm.

I wish I knew faith as you do, Nani (even though my ancestors were prominent Puritan pastors). It is so hard to have faith when a person has a rare genetic disorder, and particularly difficult when, in my case, I lost all three of my children.

I found this paragraph from "Isaac's Storm" particularly poignant:
"When Clara Barton arrived the next week, she found the silence striking. People move as if dazed, she said; there was "an unnatural calmness that would astonish those who do not understand it." People grieved, but without demonstration. "You will hear people talk without emotion of the loss of those nearest to them," Father Kirwin said. "We are in that condition that we cannot feel."

I'm often as numb to laughter as I am to tears. Let's hear it for Koko the gorilla--whose wants and needs are so very simple. If only apple juice would do the trick.

Joel
You may have to look hard, but find something positive to blog about, I know you are a Dem, but your blogs are making me want to scuba dive on an empty tank.

In the immortal words of Michael Palen.."Allways look on the bright side of life.."

jw writes, "I don't think wanting to smile is ever selfish. It's the things in our lives that make us smile that make getting through the crises worth it."

So true. It is only when we're able to smile oursleves that we can possibly help others. Or as Wayne Dyer says, "You can't give away what you don't have." And "If you squeeze an orange, you're not going to get anything out of it but orange juice."

[I thought it was nice how he used an orange rather than a lemon in that example.]

If life seems jolly rotten,
There's something you've forgotten,
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps,
Don't be silly chumps.
Just purse your lips and whistle. That's the thing.
And...

Always look on the bright side of life.
[whistling]
Always look on the right side of life,
[whistling]

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word.
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin.
Give the audience a grin.
Enjoy it. It's your last chance, anyhow.
So,...

Always look on the bright side of death,
[whistling]
Just before you draw your terminal breath.
[whistling]

-- excerpt from the song "Bright Side of Life," from the film "Monty Python's Life of Brian"

Segue from yesterday afternoon's jokefest:

John Kerry walks into a bar.

The bartender asks, "Hey, why the long face?"

bc

Having Observed the video of that landing, it appeared that that front landing gear locked up at exactly 90 deg off center. As the front tires hit the runway, they didn't appear to pull the plane off a straight path.

Good fortune? Coincidence? Pilot skill in handling the problem?

I don't know about any of that, but it was a good thing, as jw would say.

bc

bc, you slay me.

Thanks, LP.

And thanks to Achenfan for planting that tune in my head. I'm going to be whistling all day. It will take a high degree of self control for me to not do the head bobs and short kicks in meetings.

bc

bc, imagining yourself in the situation of the characters in the film, i.e. nailed to a cross, might help suppress some of those bobs and kicks...

Linda, I'm sorry to hear about your losses. Burying a child has to be the most difficult thing a human being has to do. And three! I can only imagine the grief. Life is difficult, no doubt about it. I have always enjoyed your posts and marveled at your expert historical knowledge. Thanks for all you share with us.

The tune sure is planted firmly in my head, bc. I must say it's an improvement over that pesky "6-6-6 -- The number OF the BEAST!" that had been stuck there.

["You know, you come from nothing -- you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"

"Always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath"]

Gotta love that crucifixion scene . . .

Where is Brian of Nazareth?!

Uh, I'm Brian of Nazareth.
Yeah, I-- I-- I'm Brian of Nazareth.
I'm Brian of Nazareth!
I'm Brian, and so's my wife!

All right. Take him away and release him.

No, I'm only joking. I'm not really Brian. No, I'm not Brian. I was only-- It was a joke. I'm only pulling your leg! It's a joke! I'm not him! I'm just having you on! Put me back [on the cross]! Bloody Romans! Can't take a joke!

H'OK . . .So . . .the pilot made a beautiful landing under less than ideal circumstances . . .that's his job! He did it, and did it well. Let's not go jumping the gun and putting some guy who all we know of him is that he can land the hell out of a plane in charge of everything that's wrong with the world. What a dumb idea, Joel! I understand your frustration with the way things are being handled across the board - I'm with you on that, but that pilot is right where he belongs doing what he does best. Don't mess with it!

meshfurga ramp de dropsy song lyrics oystgavalt. we've already had a member refer to "flinging poo" in the last 24 hours. why bother?

Also: need to define competence--is it a quality or a standard of care. what constitutes competent management of this country, the "threat" from Iraq? hurricanes?

maybe someone can say something intelligent, cause I surely can't, but I am incontinent rather than incompetent.

I meant to tell you the other day, Achenfan that I actually saw Iron Maiden on the "Number of the Beast" US tour. With Judas Priest as the headliner, of course.

Word to Joel's brother.

Before anyone brings up the movie "Heavy Metal Parking Lot"; yes, I know. I was there, too.

Ahh, the humanity.

For all of our frivolity, Linda brings up an idea of foundations of faith, and how loss of loved ones affects us at any age.

My father left my family when I was young, and I've been accused of lacking faith. I disagree, but I'll save the argument for another time. I will say that I don't subscribe to any of the mainstream or evangelical religions that I've looked into.

bc

so, the nuns were hard on you, AchenFan? sounds like it to me, and I should know.

A Led Zeppelin reference in the last post, and a subtle nod to Metallica (Fade to Black) in this one.

Is Joel a metal-head?

I think Joel is totally a metal-head. I'd put money on him being the first to scream

It might be that many people are drawn to spiritual pursuits because of tragedy, just as others are alienated by it. It is also true that humans are very bad at correctly identifying the causes of our beliefs and behaviors. The beliefs and behaviors often come first, and then we look around and pick some external circumstance to "explain" them. This has been clinically demonstrated. We really do not understand our own motivations. Just because something makes sense, doesn't mean it is true.

MOSH PIT at the slayer show.

(makes sign of the goat, sticks tongue out)

sorry for the disjointed post. I just got so excited.

Long time reader, first time poster. I hope one day I will be as "cool" as bc and jw and Achenfan. :-)

Anywho, Joel, if I had sunk into the depths of despair as portrayed in this entry, I would have NO hope left for my daughter, at least not for the first 25 years or so of her life (she's 1 now). So I only have to hope that you're a teensy bit overly pessimistic here. Maybe.

My refrain is "bring Clinton back!" but I know I'm just missing the Clinton years, not the man himself.

I'm not sure that's the case jw, as much as you might have an idea as to what's in his CD player this week.

bc

You know, a sense of humor is really a wonderful coping mechanism and is proven to be a stress reducer, as well as being darn good medicine against heart disease.

The day after my mother and I buried her husband of almost 51 years, my father, more than 20 years ago, we were out shoveling snow off the driveway (this being Michigan, where she lived) on a horribly cold day. Either she said something, or I did, which sent us into peals of laughter. She stopped laughing and looked at me, and said: "If you can't laugh, especially at such a sorrowful time as this, what kind of person are you?" I have carried that message with me since then, coupled with all the times she and I went to the cemetary to visit him and burst into laughter, literally holding onto each other for balance, and in the glare of stares from others (which only made us laugh harder and longer). She's now been gone for more than 10 years, robbed of her life before that from Alzheimers. I miss her tremendously, but remember her laughter and profound sense of the ridiculous -- and that coming from an early life of exceptional poverty and early stays in an orphanage with her siblings while their mother tried to get work and money to take care of them. She recalled a time when her mother and all the other parents were kept outside, behind a fence and other barriers, and not allowed to come in to visit their children. I figured out later that it was because of the influensa pandemic in 1918. She remembered (as long as she could), and now that memory is deeply intrenched in me. Along, of course, with a lot of giggles and outright guffawing.

Humor gets us through stuff. And it gives us the energy and the spirit to go on. Along with Powermilk Biscuits. And ketchup.

Linda, I, too, am so in sympathy for your loss. What you give to this blog is simply magic. And we all (if I may speak for all) love to read your stuff. Although your Puritan ancestors might sit up straighter when reading it (but I bet they'd smile afterwards -- but only in private. . . .).

death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.

I'm so sorry. I'm really in such a hurry. Oops, gotta go.

Me too, omni. I'm going out for a long lunch today, and we're starting kinda early. How fortuitous!

Promoting the JetBlue pilot sounds like the Peter Principle at work. But I just followed the link to the video. Doggone, he (she?) put that thing down right smack on the centerline of the runway. Could Yeager have done so well....

We don't always get chances to save ourselves from imminent catastrophe, so it's nice to see someone take advantage of one.

(Linda L, yesterday on the morning NPR show they interviewed a NOLA Loomis... any relation?)

Thank you Archenfan for posting the lyrics...maybe it will help keep a little humor here.

The quote that Joel cites by John Kerry jumped out at me when I first read it in Dan Balz's article--for two reasons. The list of comparisons made by John Kerry is long and (somewhat) funny/(sad?). Second, it appears that Kerry is showing some real muscle in taking on the failures of the Bush administration. Third, for family reasons.

I have mentioned before Alfred Lee Loomis and his work on the cyclotron/atomic bomb. Alfred Lee Loomis' story is told in Jennet Conant's book, "Tuxedo Park." (Conant, a successful writer and author, is married to 60 Minutes anchorman Steve Kroft. Post-publication, I was able to help Jenny with some minor family genealogy.) Alfred Lee's sister, Julia, married Alfred Lee's business partner, Landon Ketchum Thorne.

So you can imagine my surprise, when before the last presidential election, I was reading Douglas Brinkley's book about John Kerry, "Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War." And the following passage jumped out at me (p. 49):

"Many families have genealogical charts with ancestors of merit, but Julia Thorne's was chock-full of some of the mot distinguished founders in America....Julia's great-great uncle was Henry L. Stimson, President Herbert Hoover's secretary of state and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of war. A great-uncle was Alfred Lee Loomis, the philanthropist whe established the famed scientific laboratory at Tuxedo Park, New York."

So, John Kerry's daughters (by his first marriage to Julia Thorne) are Loomis descendants. I wonder today if Kerry had been elected president, if he (and the secretary of state he would have chosen)would be doing a better job with nuclear issues involving Iraq (what nuclear, biological, chemical weapons?), Iran, Pakistan, Libya, and North Korea, Israel, considering he's got nukes (as well as ketchup) in his family, as I do in mine?

The competence question Joel raises today is more than relevant.

Thank you all. And especially firsttimeblogger for your story and the mention of ketchup. We're both mentioning ketchup at about the same time. How strange is that?

Oh LindaLoo, your posts reflect your intelligence and giving nature. A child would be so fortunate to have you for Mother. Every word I can think of sounds trite, but my heart goes out to you. Faith? I believe in Jesus, that He exists, but my "faith" lies solely in Mary, my mother figure. I connected with her at age 5 and she with me. Kneeling before her statue in the chapel at Ursuline Academy in San Antonio where I was boarded for 3 yrs., gazing into her eyes as I said my 3 Hail Mary's (penance after Confession), she winked at me! That wink has gotten me thru hard times and to this day still brings comfort. I hope your writing brings you peace. Does it?(And I understand the numbness to laughter/tears - Mother Dorothy, Beast of the Second Floor Dormitory, allowed absolutely no emotion in any manner whatsoever. But I'd sneak down to Mother Evangeline, Kitchen-Nun, who was a real hoot! She taught me the soft shoe to "Tea For Two".

Love,
Nani

Joel,
Your photo looks like that of a fairly young man so you probably don't remember the Carter administration. Given that GA has the lowest SAT scores on the planet and former President Carter thought running the USA was like managing GA only 50 times larger, it's a miracle we survived those four years without being occupied by a foreign power. I clearly remember military officers filling the gas tanks on their jeeps (that's before HMMWVs) out of their own pocket at the post gas station because we couldn't get fuel in the military tank farms. The inflation rate caused by Carter's policies literally slashed our ability to buy fuel by over 50% in some cases. The guys in charge now may be making mistakes, but they are doing something and not wringing their hands. If 9-11 hadn't happened, we wouldn't be spending these billions for Homeland Defense. Yet, if we do it on the cheap, the next time a terrorist blows something up, the whiners of our country will claim the President didn't do enough. If he spends, they gripe about the deficit. By the way, if you have the time to peruse the National Response Plan, you'll find the President followed the law. If he hadn't, the leftists would have claimed he was trying to exert military control over the country and subjegating the States to his will. I agree FEMA needs to be out from under DHA. However, Congress put them there, not the President so it's the responsibility of Congress to fix the problem. Lastly, please be advised that the leftists, liberals and socialists on the west coast now consider 9-11 a New York/Washington DC issue, not a National issue. I travel out there occasionally and it makes my skin crawl to hear those people just casually dismiss the misery DC and NY went through. If it happens to them, wait until you hear their whining and crying.

This is an amazing community.

Amazing in what way?

Because of the scintillating repartee.

Because of the comraderie.

Because it's clean, ya know, in an American kind of way.

camaraderie

cemetery

Dragon:
I remember the Carter Administration pretty well, which is why I stuck in the malaise reference. I remember how he was always smiling when he ran for president, and by the end of his term the smile was long gone. Not sure I agree that he was personally responsible for inflation, though. Didn't Gerald Ford have a bit of an inflation problem? Remember Whip Inflation Now? (That photo is actually at least 5 or 6 years old, now that I think of it. I never actually looked anything like that.) As for my post somehow being a downer, I thought it was positive! I was trying to say, hey, we CAN walk and chew gum at the same time! Anyway I was thinking of posting a new kit about solving the nation's fiscal problems by auditing the poor, but I am sure it would be misconstrued somehow.

Please post! The misconstruers deserve their misery. Don't give them a thought.

I bet Joel is gray haired now from carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders. Post a new pic and see if you still have that hint of a smile.

Dragon,

What an amazing reminder of the Carter Administration. (ha ha ha) I will agree with many things, but I would not assume, especially after Katrina, that "this guy" is doing something.

I will agree with you that we are lucky that the next president started carrying out foreign policy that was consistant through his administration before Carter left office.

That was so refreshing. A high point for our country. AND, I am sure that it didn't have any negative affects on the Carter Administration.

Dragon, it's not the deficit, it's the deficit and the tax cuts combined. First rule is when you're in a hole, stop digging!

kurosawaguy,

We run a significant risk that if we don't address the problem to which you properly refer, we could run a severe risk of another Carter-like crisis. The administration has to keep a keen eye on currency. One thing for sure, we are seeing a drop in consumer confidence for obvious reasons and I have a sick feeling that the administration is banking on the recovery process to allow us to spend our way out of trouble.

"The guys in charge now may be making mistakes, but they are doing something and not wringing their hands."

Dragon,

As long as these guys are in charge, I'm not sure that the country wouldn't be better off if they would just wring their hands instead of trying to do something. Maybe then we wouldn't be in Iraq, the number of people living in poverty might not have increased, our children and grandchildren might not have to spend their entire lives paying off the debts incurred during this administration, etc. It seems to me the "mistakes" they are making are pretty big with long lasting consequences.

CW: Joel is right. What we need is a pilot. It isn't just knowing how to land a plane, it's having the self confidence to be willing to accept the responsibility for doing it and being able to do it when all hell is breaking loose and and there is a not so insignificant chance that you are about to die trying.

There are two types of people in the world, pilots and passengers. I fear we have too many passengers in our administration.

I thought there were three types: those who are good at math, and those who aren't.

A Pilot: From one "lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way" person to another, I couldn't agree with you more. We definitely need a few good pilots, but there are pilots who drive nails, and there are pilots who turn screws. The trick is making sure there is hammer flying the plane instead of a screwdriver when the task of landing needs to be nailed like it was at LAX last night.

no, there are 10 kinds of people in the world - those that understand binary numbers and those that don't... (i'm a HUGE geek!!!)

Yeah, but you're *our* geek, mo!

gross

Since by good Victorian standards poverty is a crime, poor people should be put in jail until they are ready to behave and pay their debts.

tanx achenfan! did you get the joke?

I did, mo -- guess that makes me a geek too!

YEAH!!!!! another geek like me!! woohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!

mo, next time my daughter-in-law worries and frets about my 16 yr. old grandson (who happens to be a brilliant, sensitive and poetic young man) because he dresses "goth", I'll point her to this blog and your posts as proof that goths and geeks are some of the nicest, most interesting folks of all. Hmmm, wonder how a soon to be great grandma would look in goth attire? Next time one of those snooty salesladies in one of those upscale shop (where I can't afford anything but like to browse) asks "May I help you?" I'll say "Yes, what can you show me in Goth?"

LOL Nani!! Thanks! Yeah, i get a lot of parents asking me about goth and if there kid is going to become some psycho mass killer b/c they dress in black. I'd like to point out that the guys in Columbine, et al were NOT goth nor did they profess to be goths. old skool goths (like me) are completely into non-violence. your grandson is prolly goth b/c of his sensitivity and poetic-ness (sp? actual word?) they have a tendency to be goth b/c it's really a world of *shrug* make believe in a way - the rich sensual colours/fabrics/clothing of the renaissance - the mystery, sensuality and lure of the dark world of vampires... we just like to live out our fantasies but also i spose in a way to be different but in a way that we can be similar to people with similar tastes. but it's NOT a dangerous thing! hey, Anne Rice is up there in age and she's still a goth! there's a question i get a lot - why do i collect things in the shape of coffins... what do i find so alluring about bats and skulls, etc... why do i only wear black?? i honestly don't know... i mean WHY does anybody like what they like - WHY do we have favorite colours or fabrics? i just like what i like...

and achenfan - i'm impressed that you know your binary numbers not being a computer geek! (for those that don't, in binary numbers 10= the value of 2 - binary numbers are only comprised of 1's and 0's and their place in the string indicates the strings value)

Mo, my license plate used to say "RTFM".

mo, I got it too (had to read it twice cause I'm slow like that). That was a good joke.

Nani and mo, I so enjoyed your goth discussion above!

I say go for the goth look, Nani -- you could totally shake up the current conception of a "Grandma Goth" (or is it "Granny Goth," mo? -- I'm not sure if I've gotten the lingo straight). And I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Re. Nani's comment that "goths and geeks are some of the nicest, most interesting folks of all," I recall seeing Marilyn Manson in the film "Bowling for Columbine." He was so articulate and wise -- I was most impressed.

umm... maybe i'm not as much of a geek as i thought - what is RTFM??

achenfan - i met marilyn manson once (briefly) and he was shy and demure! the marilyn that everyone thinks he is a character - a facade that he puts on to entertain. He's actually very well educated and from a nice family. people really need to look beyond the shell of a person before they judge them and stop listening to the media hype about goths!

I had to Google it, mo.

It stands for "read the f-ing manual" - advice that help centers want to give, but don't.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! YES!!!!!!
i have to get one of those t'shirts that say "no! i will not fix your computer!" my mother thinks i'm a free "geeks on call" service for her and all family members and friends!!

i'm gonna achenbloghog today cuz i'm stuck by the phones and i'm bored! and there's no new kit!

First time I heard RTFM in the office I had to ask what it meant. My colleague rplied: "Read the manual". I the asked: "what does the F stand...", then I got it. Haha, told you I'm slow, but I do eventually get it.

SCC: replied. But you all knew that.

SCC: then. But you all knew that too.

I'm going to lunch before I hurt myself.

The F in RTFM means Fabulous, of course!

Now whose bloghoggin?

mo, what does the license plate FFFFFF tell you about the car it's on?

Ahem. What I meant was:

Now who's bloghoggin?

mo, what does the license plate FFFFFF tell you about the car it's on?

hey, pixel it's ACHENbloghoggin! sheesh! must i monitor EVERYONE about the achendictionary? lol
i would say they were a gombah from nyc tho i think it would be more like fyyfff (something i saw on a t'shirt in nyc that made me spit out the water i was drinkin i was laffing so hard) can you figure it out???

other than that i say it was a ford (fix or repair daily) and the driver is say FFFFFFF over and over if the f is standing for what it stand for in rtfm...

Pixel, that the car is white?

I know how you all feel. It sure does not feel good been a proud Liberal these days. It doesn't even feel good saying I told you so. The saddest part is that had we believed a word Jimmy Carter told us about energy dependence and done something about it, we would not be in this mess. If I recall correctly, good old Jimmy believed that 20% energy imports back them was a national disaster waiting to happen. Suck it now AmeriKa!

Why, yes, PJ, it is! You get a FFAA00 star!

Incidentally, I was immediately frightened by the fact that I got the joke right away.

"Aw, shucks, thanks Pixel," he said, his face turning a bit FF0000 in embarrassment.

pixel - is that html markup??
by t'way fyyfff = f' you you f'in f' f'... i thought it was funny... i am twisted...

You are one Twisted Sister, mo.

"Oh we're not gonna take it
No! We ain't gonna take it
Oh we're not gonna take it
Anymore"

-- from "We're Not Gonna Take It," by Twisted Sister, from the 1992 album "Big Hits and Nasty Cuts"

[You'd think I was heavy metal fan, what with this and the Iron Maiden/666 posts, but really, I'm not.]

FFFFFF is the hexidecimal code for the color "white". I sort of miss Bob Levey's license plate columns. I rarely see any clever ones; just trite, pedestrian ones such as "My BMW" or "RED TRK" or "97 XVR". They're stunning in their unoriginality.

mo, I figured fyyfff was unprintable.

AHHH there you are achenfan!!! i've been waiting for you to show up! i'm achenbloghoggin today cuz i'm stuck at my desk and i'm mindnumblingly BORED!

um... pixel - my license plate says "NERO&MO"... nero is my car's name - i have a blood (flame? well it's bright!) red toyota celica so i thought it was a fitting name... sorry - VERY unoriginial...

pixel - you didn't find fyyfff funny? i mean, it's so crass and so over the top and i can totally see someone from the sopranos or the godfather saying that... of course you couldn't wear the t'shirt anywear... i got a crass t'shirt at a motorcycle show several years ago thinking it was funny (i can't remember off the top of my head what it is) and my decency (yeah right!) keeps me from wearing it out...

"fyyfff" sort of reminds me of this "Beavis and Butthead" episode in which one of them said he was going to get a tattoo of a butt with a butt on it, and he was going to get it on his butt.

[Heh . . . heh heh . . . heh heh heh . . .]

NERO&MO is fine (although, who really gives a flying poo what I think, anyway ;-) but MOMTAXI makes me want to retch, as does this one at work-- "AUDI RS6". I mean, why would you pay money for that?

Were the words spelled out on the FYYFFF shirt? If so, that would probably annoy me. I'm no nun, but it angers me when people use inappropriate language in a public setting. I want to cover the ears of all the grandmas within hearing distance.

I used to own a Suzuki Sidekick. I wanted to get plates that simply said KICK. haha.

yep - it was spelled out... that's why it was so funny! and yeah, i want to cover all the eyes of the kids walking past the store...

yeah, there are some plates that make me wretch but there are some that i hafta laff when i finally figure out what it is... i have thing for personalized plates!

My Dad isn't a fan of those "Baby on Board" stickers -- he doesn't like the implication that if a car *doesn't* have such a sticker on it, it's OK to ram right into the back of it.

[Gotta love my dear old Dad.]

See ya later, Achengators.

I'm going to the gym so I can feel less guilty when eating dinner at the Peking Gourmet Inn tonight.

-bachinawhile, crocodile

[due credit to omni for this one]

I'm having a delayed reaction to the title of this Kit.

"Competent Person Finally Sighted"!
Ha!

[The two exclamation points are a Friday afternoon indulgence.]

Nice blogging!