It's Tuesday, it's cold and raining snowing - this must be Dilbertsville!

Hmmmm. Having (I think) made it into the Clubs (though I understand nomination bonuses could knock me out, I dunno), I've been taking a look through the Gurls in Contention for the Hearts. Most (but not all - wait for it) of my sentimental favorites are, sadly, pretty much out of the running, absent a *huge* shift in voting patterns... and I'm not that big a blogger - so this Club is gonna throw his weight behind where he thinks it can work. If you haven't voted yet - go vote for ALa, of Blonde Sagacity, and let's get her comfortably up in the deck, um-kay?

Secondly, an Inside Denizen Joke.

BadCatRobot Labs, LLC, gets into Stryker Crew Automation. (H/t to the Admiral of the Moat Fleet for the pic)

SWWBO is in Maryland, where she met up with Admiral of the Moat Fleet Boquisucio and his bride - and I understand that a Certain Un-Named Part-Time Blogger had dinner with two Castle Chicks in the Great Northwest last night... perhaps there will be a Contact Report....

[Update: It's here! Bill has been actually sighted in Meatspace and there is evidence he's not just a clever program written by a 12-year-old... Hey, Bill - when do I get *my* rotorbit?]

Larry K sent along this link to the Maunsell Forts in the UK. Built to provide anti-aircraft platforms in the Thames Estuary in 1942 (the Luftwaffe discovered a relatively safe approach up the river), a couple still remain as a testament to odd military construction, and innovation under pressure. There were actually two varieties - the Army ones shown in the link, and the Navy ones farther out to sea, shown below.