“DILLIGAF” was an acronym I was first exposed to while working at a remote US Army post in central Alaska, where winter temperatures frequently drop to 40 below zero (and colder). Combine those temperatures with government bureaucracy, a shortage[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know I know… poking fun at “The Last Jedi” is being a bit lazy. But as seems to be all too common nowadays, I actually find myself puzzled at all the vitriol and hate directed towards it. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
To be fair, in my previous government contractor career I actually had decent managers for the most part (and a couple very good ones), so this is much more satire than anything else. The problems of bloated defense projects[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the things I found irritating over the past couple years has been how most of Trump’s opposition have been putting the FBI, the intelligence agencies, and former senior government officials on a pedestal. Usually spouting off that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back as an engineer working at an Army post, I remember a time when some of us had an informal potluck of sorts. We had invited the on-shift crew of soldiers training on our system to have some food[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In my old career I worked with a number of active and prior service military, and I heard variations on the phrase “don’t stand out” from them a number of times. I was told it’s a reference to boot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes I ended up getting roped into doing system demonstrations for VIP’s at my last few jobs. I’m far from a people person, but I can fake some decent social skills around strangers for short periods. Turns out even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sure, I get WHY Trump rolled out all the military hardware, and don’t deny there was some political points to be scored in doing it (both among his base and the defense industry). But it’s still a transparent political[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This comic for me is an amusing reminder of how volatile the cryptocurrency space still is. I drew this comic in late June 2019 when Bitcoin’s price quadrupled in just five months, soaring close to $14,000 and a lot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah I’m poking fun at both the Democrats and Republicans here (heaven knows they both deserve it). But if there is one thing that deserves more ridicule than either party and maybe even bring both parties together and unite[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…