Happy Birthday, Nod Donald Duck Pez

Happy Birthday to my hubby, Nod. This is his photo from Kindergarten graduation; now he's 47 years old. He works for the Navy as an analyst - both systems and operational research. Don't ask me what that means. Back when we were newly married, he was part of a team that put out specs and took in bids for the world-wide replacement of all Navy computer systems. BIG deal. Secret Stuff. He would go off for days to hear proposals. Come back with corporate gifts that I wasn't allowed to see because of the logos. Nod assured me that when the contract was awarded he could let me know where he'd been.

Once he came home and told me that he had met someone famous, but couldn't tell me who (yeah, and how many of the other spouses heard this, too?). FINALLY the process was over and he could tell me -- Ross Perot!!

My blank face prompted him to repeat the name (this was before that particular presidental election).

Nod was very disappointed that I had not heard of the Head of EDS. But I hadn't been married to a computer geek for THAT long yet! It wasn't my fault (to quote Han Solo).