PowerPoint

First let me apologize for not writing for a few days. I actually took a little bit of time off the other day to enjoy some time away from my desk. I'm paying for it now though. I've been involved in setting up a briefing for some visitors and the briefing requires the use of a program called "PowerPoint". I know probably most of you have heard of this program since it's been around the military for more than a few years. I even heard of it, it's just being a Pilot, I've never had the desire to learn to use the devil program. It is a program that the USAF uses to present slides and pictures within the slides. Let me back up a little bit. I started the USAF when they had manual typewriters...no electricity for the thing. Then we got the IBM selectric I and II with an erase button. And briefing slides were on clear sheets of plastic viewed on an overhead projector. That technology is like open cockpits are to modern airplanes. So, I've been trying to figure out this "wonderful" program because it makes words fade in and out or swirl around to the center of the screen. whoppee!! But that is the way of the Air Force, so I'm learning how to get people dizzy, at least that's my goal, when they have to listen to my briefings. In fact I have to get up every 15 minutes and take a break or else I'll fly right out of my chair. I will try to make a PowerPoint slide show for everyone when I get home to show you what I learned in the war.

Oh a side note, they tell us that there is a shortage of Gatorade back in the US since there is so much over here. I believe there is a possiblity of that being true since I never seen so many pallets of Gatorade. But we have no more Red Bull. I think that might have been an insurgent tactic since we've had some attacks lately and no energy to do anything about it. Haha. I bet they wish that were true, since we are making great progress with our fight over here. And remember don't believe everything you read in the newspapers about things that are going bad here because it is so far from the truth. That is so that.