Updates

You might recall that I announced the other day that we have a new author here at The Chant. (No, no, no, she hasn't written anything yet. Soon, she has promised. Soon. Well, maybe soon. Big Time returning home soon, Little Bit just finished first grade and yes, The WSO is a bit busy at the moment.)

But I have added "her" jet to the masthead, which you can also see in the opening photo. Now the original of that was sent to me by a fellow Bullet Dad (that would be the father of another member of VFA-2, The WSO's old outfit, the Bounty Hunters, callsign Bullet. Who had their very own Friday Flyby, here.) The original of that photo, I present below.

If you look closely you can see two helmeted heads in the cockpit of that inbound Rhino. The one to the right, lower down, is the pilot, the chap actually flying the aircraft. Slightly to the left and sitting a tad higher is the Weapon Systems Officer, or WSO. In this case that particular WSO is The WSO, my youngest daughter and the newest member of the blogging team here at The Chant. Who shall go by the name LUSH, or Lush. She uses either interchangeably and she came by the name honestly enough. A tale I told here.

I have also updated the text underneath the masthead to read:

The musings, rants, and dissertations of 3 retired military guys and 1 chick. Two Air Force, two Navy. Old AF Sarge, Juvat, Tuna, & LUSH.

In case you hadn't noticed that already. Now some of you might be offended by the words "and 1 chick" as being sexist or otherwise disrespectful of my daughter and other ladies who fly fast jets, fly in fast jets, or blog. Put your worries to bed, I was on the phone with Lush when I was working on this stuff and she herself suggested the wording.

Now before Juvat and Tuna start going on as to how I never consulted them when updating stuff around the blog, well, let me just say that when you're the daughter of the king, certain benefits accrue to you. Now I'm not claiming to be a king, but around here I am the head bull goose loonie who is, indeed, large and in charge. Besides, what's a little nepotism among friends?

Also, as Tuna suggested I add Lush to the roll, I have awarded him 10 Shrute Bucks. Which will be increased ten-fold when Lush writes her first post. As Juvat sent me a bottle of Scotch, he too gets Shrute Bucks, a hundred of 'em. (What are Shrute Bucks good for? Damned if I know. Any suggestions from The Chanters?)

Oh, and speaking of the bottle of Scotch sent to me by Juvat. In the post where I announced the reception of Juvat's gift, in the comments he asked me if I'd looked at the back of the box within which the gift arrived. Why no, no I had not. So I did. Here's what I found -

Look for that logo on all the finest hand-made wooden items.

And look for this logo on fine blog posts everywhere. (Well, okay, just here.)

Yes, indeed. We aim to please.

Uh Lush, you got anything for us yet? Thousands (okay, dozens) await your tales of naval aviation, motherhood, and apple pie.

No pressure sweetie. No pressure at all.



Oh, the dental appointment went well. Just thought I'd mention that. Even if I did wake up at 0700 and couldn't get back to sleep. (After going to bed a scant,six hours prior.) But I'm fine, really, I'm okay. I know you were all concerned. Well, a couple of you.