When you want something semi-complex done, it’s a good idea to not ask for it fifteen minutes before everyone’s leaving for the day. Yes, several people did that at work on Tuesday.

Trivia: No Trevor, no Kelli. John really enjoys telling bad jokes. His delivery and timing are pretty good, but I think it’s his obvious joy in terrible puns that sells the joke and makes the rest of us laugh. We were “Attila the Hun’s Conjugal Nosebleed” because of the question that Trevor didn’t know, but another team probably got “best team name” with a vaguely obscene bad pun. We were in second place when I left.

More West Point stuff: Apparently, one of the leaders in the Seminole War was responsible for a ubiquitous cheer/toast used in the Army. This leader, Coacoochee, had been invited to attend a banquet at West Point after being defeated. He expressed great interest in the toasts that the officers made, since the Seminoles didn’t practice toasting. After the custom was explained to him, Coacoochee decided to make a toast of his own. He raised his glass and shouted “HOO-AH!”, which the assembled men thought was a really excellent toast. Someone then wrote a song about this event, and “HOO-AH!” became the unofficial cheer of the Army. The bits of trivial digressions like that are the main reason I find this book interesting.