I'm back in East Greenville at my desk doing business and engineering, together. IMDC was great; a paper challenging naval practices and advocating change is bound to create discussion and that's exactly what happened. Wolverine A at the Union was full - with a few people standing in the back - to hear about Multiple Different Platform and Empty Ship fleet architectures.
After the conference, we had an afternoon together that included watching parts of Hale Auditorium be demolished by a huge and oddly life-like excavator. In the evening, Thomas and Elisabeth (friends from Belgium... they'd stayed at 409B for the conference) treated us to Indian food for dinner and we sat in huge sofas at Espresso Royale Café until closing. Jenelle and I drove home thinking that we really enjoy Thomas and Elisabeth and talking about a hub-and-spoke vacation centered around Liege.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006