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How do you really get a feel for what it’s going to be like to work in totally foreign environment? I had no idea how to deal with most of the questions that were bouncing around in my brain about … Continue reading →

I think a lot of my friends got this story from me as I was leaving: “I’m supervising AP staff in a finance office in-country for DynCorp. As the country is being reconstructed, companies like DynCorp have been contracted to … Continue reading →

One of the two controllable factors in an encounter with a terrorist who is targetting you for attack, is what they call “Time and Place Predictability.” If somebody observes you making the same route each day, they can easily plan … Continue reading →

Today was a day on the range – allowing a bunch of non-security people like myself to shoot guns so that we know what it is like. We shoot the M9 pistol by Berretta and the M4 Bushmaster rifle, both … Continue reading →

This latest Rob Bell book that I finished had a lot of things to say, but as I was reading it on a plane on my way to Dubai, one thing stood out in the middle of one of the … Continue reading →

I’ve talked to a lot of people about a lot of stuff since I got here. A whole lot of it I’m listening to, and some of it I disregard, but the nice thing about the job so far is … Continue reading →

Does it strike anyone else strangely that there are no pictures of my base camp up here yet? I’ve described it as good as I can, or at least as I want to, but I’d really like to put up … Continue reading →

For those of you who are good at improving processes, or coming up with better ideas of how to do stuff, you know that often there’s a continuum of reactions that people can have to your process improvment ideas. From … Continue reading →

I really like job interviews because I think I communicate pretty well and I’m pretty confident in my abilities. I had a few interviews after finding out about my short-date with SuperValu that were pretty intense though. I got flustered … Continue reading →

The morning comes early here – not so much that I don’t want to wake up, but it is very bright very early, and the long light in the morning (and evening) does amazing things for the mountains and surrounding … Continue reading →