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.
“The superior man contains the means in his own person. He bides his time and then acts. Why then should not everything go well? He acts and is free. Therefore all he has to do is to go forth, and he takes his quarry. This is how a man fares who acts after he has ready the means.”
“kindergarchy n. Rule or domination by children; the belief that children’s needs and preferences take precedence over those of their parents or other adults.”
“As in 2007, the average U.S. worker has 14 vacation days this year. Just across the Canadian border, our counterparts get an average of 17 vacation days annually. But if you want a real “vacation envy” complex, consider the vacation banks of European workers. France tops the list with an average of 37 days, followed by Italy (33 days), Spain (31), the Netherlands and Austria (28), Germany (27) and Great Britain (26). “
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
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)