Word of the Day

Pollitician: A candidate who heeds the polls.

Still in Vegas and still no jackpot. As a matter of fact... OK. You can't always win. Tomorrow is another day. Despite the money-sucking machines, it's been a nice get-away for me and HTP.

We still haven't heard from our daughter at bootcamp. I got an email from her fiance today. He says that she wrote to say that she hasn't had any problems with her marksmanship and that she's really trying for the Expert level. That doesn't tell us much but maybe it's a hopeful sign that she's doing well in her rifle qualification. She only needs to qualify as Marksman to pass. Expert is the highest level. Reading between the lines, I think she must have made the Marksman level and is trying for higher levels? The next few days will tell. When it comes to the Marines and bootcamp, no news is good news. If my daughter's fiance doesn't get a phone call, this is a good thing. A phone call would mean that she's been held back, or recycled, because she didn't qualify with her rifle. It would mean a delayed graduation. As soon as HTP and I hear that she qualified "for sure", we can make our air reservations so we can see her graduate with her platoon. Even then we're gambling. Anytime between now and graduation she could sustain a graduation delaying injury. Such is Marine bootcamp.

Murphyism of the Day

Sweeney's Law

The length of a progress report is inversely proportional to the amount of progress.