The BACONATOR

You can tell I'm blogging too much when my titles are from the day before. Or is that not blogging enough? Since I'm not going to blog more than once a day (on average), it can only the the former. Back to the hamburger. It's from Wendy's, and it's freakin' awesome. Two quarter-pound patties, cheese, and 6 (SIX!) strips of bacon (SIX!). I tend to forget about Wendy's. It's the only fast food place not on the main road here in Tullahoma. It's probably closer than some of the other places I do remember, just a little out of the way. I'll have to remember it more often with a burger that good.

Today, I had to get up early to go to a meeting with my thesis board. I got the thumbs up on amount of content, with just a few suggestions about things not to forget. I tried to schedule the defense, but both Drs. Schulz and Vakili wanted to check their calendars before committing to a day and time. As I told them, I'll work my schedule around theirs so long as I meet the deadline. Dr. Vakili is having an eye surgery near my deadline, so we're going to have to move it around a little. He did say that if he had to come to the defense after the surgery, he'd only be able to see it with one eye, so he'd be half as critical. I vote for an eye-patch, and I'll borrow Lee's ninja sword. I can see the headline now: Master's Thesis Defense Comes Down to Historic Battle - Ninja vs. Pirate.

Speaking of headlines, some janitor guy at Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) was arrested for trying to sell nuclear secrets to a forgein entity. It was actually the FBI he was selling to, and the theory is that it was for the money, not ideology. I just can't see that. I understand needing money, but I was always raised that when that happens, you get another job, you work longer hours, you don't sell national secrets. I guess that's a good attitude to have since I may have access to some sensitive material at some point in my career. And on that subject, I confirmed that Brent isn't a terrorist today. Some investigator handling his background check called me this afternoon to check up on him. It's starting to get scary how long I've known people. Brent since about '95, Sheena '97, Garrett '01 (that's 6 years now), Lee '02, and the winner by a wide margin: Melissa since '89. That's 75% of my life now. That is crazy.

I would also like it on the record that I watched tonight's Braves game from start to finish tonight. It helps that nothing else was on, and the Braves jumped out to a huge lead then held on for the win. Those games are always more fun.

In conclusion, I hate Keith Olbermann. Don't even bother to look up why, just trust me on this one. More tomorrow.