It’s the middle of the week and time to start doing all the things that I should have done Monday. Having the new guy on board is going to be a big help, once he gets oriented. Of course with the way things work around here the azimuth changes about every six weeks so none of us are really that well oriented.

On top of helping the new guy get settled in I’m on the hiring panel for the civilian in our office too. The first round of interviews starts today. It’s going to be interesting to see how these people stack up against their resumes. I’ve always found that to be fun, but then again most people consider me to be an asshole. Take from that what you will.

Too bad the ground breaking for the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial will be by invite only. It’s taken too damn long to get to this point in the process to start with. No doubt the Pentagon is going this route because of security issues, but it really sucks. The nation needs to be reminded again about what happened five years ago. A huge public turnout on the 15th might help along those lines. But what the hell does a old fart like me know? I think we should replay the planes hitting the World Trade Center about ten times a week on network TV to keep the anger fresh.

I can tell you that the anger is going to stay really fucking fresh at the VA for a long time to come. The spin at first was it was only retirees whose personal data had been stolen. Now it turns out that 80% of the active duty force has compromised data too. That’s a wrong as two boys screwing. Period. The VA employee that let this happen should be hung up in public by their short hairs. And that goes for their boss too. Being the government both dick heads are probably already up for promotion.

Well, off to the first of the interviews.