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Thick as Mud
Mar. 15th, 2012 10:29 pmFire Academy continues to be a great experience. This week, we got a look at airpack systems. Obviously, they provide breathable air to firefighters in smoky or otherwise toxic environments. What they also do is alert nearby firefighters to an immobilized firefighter, share air between firefighters, and flat-out keep the wearer alive.
After the airpack overview, we got assigned our own gear - helmet, hood, jacket, pants, boots, and gloves. Heavy stuff - outfit plus airpack comes to about 50, 55 pounds. Whew. Working in this gear... my respect for these men and women is growing by leaps and bounds.
Tonight was the first in what I'm hoping becomes a regular bi-weekly Star Trek Heroclix game night. I went 0-2, losing both a 200- and 400-point battle. I'm figuring out strategies and ship mixes, and picking up new ships now and then. Had lucky picks tonight - got a HMS Bounty and a second USS Prometheus, the latter of which I was able to trade for a USS Excelsior. Aw, yeah.
Furloughed tomorrow, which is conveniently Customer Appreciation Day at Lexington's fantastic big-ass independent bookstore, so new books are in the very near future. Spycraft game on Saturday, maybe another minis game on Sunday.
I'm reading Distrust That Particular Flavor, a collection of essays and articles by William Gibson. Good stuff, in bite-sized chunks. Gibson's take on technology, culture, language, writing, whatever - it's good reading, thought-provoking and clever. Even his non-fiction shows his gift for putting words together. Check it out.
After the airpack overview, we got assigned our own gear - helmet, hood, jacket, pants, boots, and gloves. Heavy stuff - outfit plus airpack comes to about 50, 55 pounds. Whew. Working in this gear... my respect for these men and women is growing by leaps and bounds.
Tonight was the first in what I'm hoping becomes a regular bi-weekly Star Trek Heroclix game night. I went 0-2, losing both a 200- and 400-point battle. I'm figuring out strategies and ship mixes, and picking up new ships now and then. Had lucky picks tonight - got a HMS Bounty and a second USS Prometheus, the latter of which I was able to trade for a USS Excelsior. Aw, yeah.
Furloughed tomorrow, which is conveniently Customer Appreciation Day at Lexington's fantastic big-ass independent bookstore, so new books are in the very near future. Spycraft game on Saturday, maybe another minis game on Sunday.
I'm reading Distrust That Particular Flavor, a collection of essays and articles by William Gibson. Good stuff, in bite-sized chunks. Gibson's take on technology, culture, language, writing, whatever - it's good reading, thought-provoking and clever. Even his non-fiction shows his gift for putting words together. Check it out.
