re: #159 Interesting Times

…a title worth about as much as “chief employee background checker at Booz Allen”

A title that reads “Making shit up based on the barest sliver of fact” would assuredly be far more honest, but somehow, not as catchy.

It’s like a lot of young American women like to say they’re models, because they’ve posted photos of themselves on Instagram or Facebook. I met one the other day here, a 22-year old English teacher. My lady friend and I were out shopping (my lady friend is 28; yeah, I know, she’s sorta youngish for me) and she overheard us talking English and started talking to us.

My lady friend (who’s better looking, btw) said, “Model? Interesting profession. I just started working as an engineer for the European Space Agency”.

Heh.