The lovely Nina and I, having pried open a tiny gap in our routine of ceaseless toil, made the five-hour drive back to the Outer Cape late last night. We arrived sometime in the “wee small hours of the morning”, and awoke to a clear blue sky, fragrant sea breezes, and warm golden sunshine — in short, one of those perfect early spring days that give the weary world a reason to carry on. We spent the afternoon hours on a long and languid ramble through one of Wellfleet’s remoter bayside forests, and afterwards we shared a bottle of wine and a simple but nourishing supper of leek-poached salmon, roasted red potatoes, and sauteed haricots verts, prepared by your humble correspondent.
So, when I sat down just now to scribble my daily offering, I realized I was simply in no mood for the relentlessly morose and pessimistic gloom-mongering you’ve come to expect here at waka waka waka. After all, who could nurture dark and dismal thoughts after such a splendid day in Spring? Not even me.
So: time for something light-hearted and optimistic, something merry and gay, to lift our spirits!
Here you go, then: a list of incredible weapons that only America has.
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God bless the American military-industrial complex, as well as Los Alamos, Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories!
Your Cape Cod hideaway sounds wonderful. Don’t forget the Marmite!
The lovely Trish told me she enjoyed Twiglets, which taste like Marmite, when she lived in London.
Oh my – I’ve never heard of those! I’ll have to find some…
And yes, the narrow outer extremity of Cape Cod is a uniquely beautiful place, even (perhaps especially!) when it is all but deserted in the winter months. We are very fortunate to be able to spend so much time here.
Accepting the risk of sounding very girly….that invisibility cloak and disappearing tank was SO COOL!!
Jeanie
Not a problem, Jeanie! (Anyway, how girly can it be to gush about tanks?)
Where can I buy me some of those weapons? I do hope a valid ID is required so that terrorists won’t be tempted to buy any!
Jeffery Hodges
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No way, Jeffery — that would disenfranchise people of color.
Neat post Malcolm, very informative. But when it comes to DARPA – watch this space:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/03/darpa-wants-self-guiding-storytelling-cameras/
Jeanie? DARPA’s the outfit where the cloaked tank idea was hatched – the good folks are still busy figuring out how to cloak the tracks left behind the invisible tank.
Freedom, of course, is never actually free but it is entertaining to keep an eye on what’s coming down the pike:
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/category/darpawatch/
If anyone’s interested, Congress is now accepting personal charitable donations to the budget for the F-35.
“that would disenfranchise people of color”
How silly of me. I clean forgot that a gun is required for voting!
Jeffery Hodges
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