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I’m getting older.  I can tell because today, I was contacted by the National Security Agency, and it aged me about a year.

Funny, when you answer the phone and the person on the other end says they are with the National Security Agency, you don’t need to ask which Nation.  It’s obvious that it’s U.S., and if you have to ask, well, they’re the ones asking the questions, not you, son.

Seems I have a friend wants to work for the U.S. government.  He says the State department, but I bet it’s something far cooler, like the counter-James Bond squad.  He needs a background check in order to get security clearance, and I was his old boss.  The NSA fellow asked me a few questions, and wanted to send me a questionnaire to fill out.  He also wanted to sit down in person with me, but that may or may not happen.

I’m looking forward to it.  I’ll be on my best behavior, no snarky, sarcastic or inane answers.  At least, none that will get me sent up the river for perjury. smile

Overheard

“Love is fire. But whether its gonna warm your heart or burn your house down you can never tell. ”

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“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”

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“True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.”

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“The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. We lie daily, very complexly, and at great length. If not for our excessive vanity and our over-active imaginations, we would be quite difficult to deceive.”

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“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.”

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Travis, George and I can probably give you a list of the exact questions the NSA people will ask in an interview. We've done dozens of them (and presumably had a few done about us).

 

Posted by naomi  at  6:06 pm on Nov. 10, 2005

 

 

 

That would be great, thanks.

 

Posted by Travis Smith  at  1:02 am on Nov. 11, 2005

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