Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for March 31, 2018

Forget self righteous prig bean counters. The true hero is the provisioner that finds the ceramic seals that have to be replaced every time the death star beam won’t hold vacuum, optical swabs to clean the beam coalescers, steaks for Steak Thursdays, coffee, laundry soap, and the good grade toilet paper.

In other words, the people who do the real work.

Do they have casual Fridays? And will they take off their helmets then?

The tie seems a little too much. A shiny lapel pin maybe, but not a tie.

He’s the guy who authorized the small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port that led to its reactor core, to save money.

Don’t under-estimate the accountants. Two days ago a Chicago accountant filled in in goal for the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team when their starting goalie was injured.

Why do they wear their undies on the outside?

If he was going for a promotion he’d have knee pads on.

Accountancy, the true evil of the universe.

In all of my years flying with the USAF, I always said the two most important jobs were Maintenance and fleet Service.

Facebook put him on some targeted mailing lists. He is getting credit for finding the graphene urine extraction filters for the water recycling plant.

They boldly go where no accountant has gone before.