Remember when Richard D invited those of us in the Charlotte, NC area to get together to discuss Tom's books? Well, we did Saturday, May 6th, and here are the pictures to prove it!

We met at his and his wife's beautiful home, shoehorned between the golf course and the Catawba River. It was an amazing day for kicking around TPMB theory on the porch.

For some reason, all of the pictures depict me holding forth, (though only left-handed in the last one) with exposed legs. ;-)

I had no idea going into this that we would have such a wealth of experience represented by these retirees: a couple who had worked with USAID in Russia, Moldova, and Poland; a couple who had worked with Royal Dutch Shell, Gulf, and Chevron; career Navy pilot then Beltway Bandit; a community college president who had served in the Navy and Army Reserve; a Wisconsinite and LA surveyor; a Special Forces widow; a career Air Force man with stints at SAIC and OFT; an Indianan Endocrinologist and AF flight surgeon; and a Sandia Labs scientist who worked on 10 megaton weapons systems followed by computer software entrepreneurship. We had a great discussion.

And, after the cocktails came out, I drank Scotch on the rocks in honor of Tom. ;-)