On Thursday the department was treated to a pizza lunch by one of the senior staff (or his slush fund) in recognition of some recent events. Not too long ago, the remnants of hurricane Hannah swept through the area, and that meant a lot of work preparing equipment that’s exposed to the elements for the onslaught — there are various antennae and support equipment that have to either be stowed or battened down (arrr, love the nautical-speak. Don’t forget, today is Talk Like a Pirate Day)

Now, that’s a lot of work … for somebody. I’m in R&D, though, not operations. And while I’m happy to help when called upon, my main task in these situations is to stay the hell out of the way and let others do their respective jobs. Which I did exceedingly well.

The pizza was quite tasty.