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Another message from the HERE’S TO YOU... PRESIDENT rs. Robinson, as in mom Jesse, and the of other Robinson, as in Aaron, one of BRADY’s fine young engineers, are now STAYIN’ ALIVE! ome people have a way with words, other people have...oh, uh, not have the proud parents of Cove Wade Rob- way (thank you Steve Martin, classic 1970’s standup routine), and then M inson. And strangely enough, Cove shares the there is one who has…a teleprompter. Once upon a time-and-a-half-ago, same date of birth as Makenna Marie Reilly, De- S there was a man who not only had a way with words, with cutting remarks cember 29, 2011. Sounds like some future match- and a dry wit, with legendary unscripted off the cuff comments, a man who making might be in the stars. There is no doubt that could inspire and amuse at the same time, a man who offered real hope when the Robinson’s are also happy for the perfect tim- backs were squarely against the wall. The world could use a man (or woman, ing of a pre-January 1 delivery, as in the nice tax channeling the Iron Lady) like him or her today…the man on deduction, but if you know the Robinson’s they the cover. Of course every more likely had their eyes on the tide tables than 2012 graduate of a U.S. high the tax tables. Birth stats: 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and school will recognize this photo of Franklin Roosevelt. 21 inches...thanks to the high tide at 1:33 a.m. A bit Or would you believe it’s Winston Churchill? of a minnow, but long and lean for sure, no doubt Cove will be surfing soon with his Daddy. Congrat- We can all agree that the world is different in 2012 ulations to the American Family Robinsons! and it changes every second, faster than a speeding bullet. It is true that no matter how bad things feel, we don’t live in pre-WWII Poland, 1939. And we all have the instant e-mail alerts to prove it on our multiple INTENTIONAL PARENTING “gadgets” and Facepage/Twister accounts, 24/7, where the “news” is 100% correct, 60% of the time. As ick’s two-time Super Bowl loser nephew may be re- sponsible for some of the dumbest plays in NFL history bad as it seems to way too many people at the mo- I’M #2! ment, it is starting to stink just a bit from coast to coast on February 5, 2012, and we’re not talking about de- (denial is not just a Justin Timberlake cry-me-a-river in ciding to cut his own hair Egypt). Yes, it is truly sad that the happiest man in R once again or asking the NFL’S Yoko America at the moment is Jimmy Carter, but the prob- Ono to be his post-game spokes lems of today pale by comparison to those of past model. On the contrary, there is no STAYIN’ CLASSY! decades, let alone centuries ago doubt that Scott Reilly called the when the work week in every perfect play on December 29, 2011 country but France was 25 hours in San Diego, CA. Scott, BRADY’s ANOTHER HARD DAY per day, 8 days a week, starting at age 7, “YES, I WAS A CROOK” AT WORK! when you walked every day to the coal Vice-President of Construction Ser- mine, barefoot in the snow, uphill, both ways, until you died at 25. vices, and his sports-fanatic wife Truthfully – what a bunch of whiners. For real misery – how about the Reena are now the proud first-time 1970’s? Vietnam, Nixon, Watergate, the first Carter, Disco, gas ration- parents of Makenna Marie Reilly. No ing, Angel Flight pants, platform shoes (for men – though it was nice surprise -- they beat the two-day to be 6’-4” tall every Saturday night)… anyone? So yes, we know warning -- nice audible on the tax break! Scott and Reena’s first we’re not living in WWII, yet something doesn’t feel quite right, some- dream is now a reality. Stats as reported to the Elias Sports Bu- thing is “in the air”, and maybe “WWIII” appears to be just around reau and NFL Films: 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and just 18 inches from the corner. Not sure what corner, and of course the average a first down. In addition to his many duties at BRADY, Scott is al- American can’t spot the United States on a globe, let alone Irani- so a Division I college football referee, and if his other dream stan…a new country not yet on the globe…but a new secret comes true someday, he will be making the next intentional BRADY client. “Interesting times”, but this is what some Roman guy said on March 15th after eating his “Ides of March” salad, se- grounding call in the NFL, hopefully before Super Bowl L…to be conds before “Et tu, Brute?” He wasn’t ordering Champagne, held in the Chargers new stadium…in Los Angeles. Congratula- and the renamed salad is now all that most Americans know tions also to Reena for the birth of your number one draft choice. about Julius Caesar. The only difference between Rome in 44 Feel free to throw the flag on Scott when he pretends he is sleep- B.C. and Beverly Hills today is the color of the robes worn to the ing – it is his “doody” to change a diaper every now and then, spa/vomitorium. The more things change, the more they remain not just at halftime!

the same. And in Beverly Hills today, things are so bad people are LOOK, IT’S DEAN WORMER! A RED BUTTON THAT YOU CAN NOW PUSH WITHOUT DETO- walking their own dogs. Maybe what we need right now to unite the NATING ANYTHING...BECAUSE HE’S DEAD world is a Global Toga Party. We are the World! Think about the eco- nomic boost from having to wash all of those togas the next day…on e are sad to second thought, that might not pencil out financially once again for report that the the U.S. news from North Korea Upon hearing all of this b-sh*t nonsense, Sir Winston Churchill would W have said – “Get me a bottle of whiskey, a cigar, and directions to the late last year is true -- the vomitorium.” Needless to say, Sir Winston would not be happy with the world’s greatest golfer (38 current state of world affairs and the “colonies”

under par on his first and in particular. Paraphrasing Sir Winston, using well KIM JONG IL? only round), and our favor- -known quotes from his legendary speeches (he MORE LIKE KIM JONG DEAD! ite Spokes-Nut, Kim Jong II is would start by saying: “I’m just preparing my impromptu remarks”), his speech in the not only merely dead, he’s Oval Office as a guest of the second Roosevelt would sound something like this: really most sincerely dead. As reported on North Korea’s one and only TV channel, he will address “There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of the nation about his death in due time. In the them are true. A politician is a person who has the ability to foretell what is going to “WAS IT OVER WHEN THE happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year – and to have the ability meantime, our “Ask the Expert” Red Button service GERMANS BOMBED PEARL still remains open for business, for any problem large or small. As before and since, we promise HARBOR?” afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen. Never in the field of political conflict was so little owed by so many to so few. you will get an answer to each and every question faster than it will take Newt “Dough Boy”

Skywalker to be the first American to get divorced on the moon. It is true that many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe, and no one pretends Many of our Ask the Expert questions have come from IP addresses...within BRADY’s World that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been Domination Headquarters. Like Jeopardy, a few answers to a sampling of our internal Red said that democracy is the worst form of government except Button inquiries…you can attempt to figure out the Questions on your own. Answer: “The se- all of those other forms that have been tried from time to cret to our success is knowing who to blame for our failures.” Answer : “If at first you don’t suc- time. Fortunately, socialism is a philosophy of failure, the ceed, failure may be your style.” Answer: “Hard work creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent vir- often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off tue is the equal sharing of misery. The biggest argument now.” Answer: “If you never try anything new, you’ll against democracy is a five minute discussion with the aver- miss out on many of life’s great disappointments.” An- age voter. But I want no criticism of America at my table. The Americans criticize themselves more than enough. The swer: “Just because you think you’re a star here United States invariably does the right thing, after having ex- doesn’t mean you’re going anywhere.” Answer: “The hausted every other alternative. The truth is inconvertible. “SO, HITLER WALKS INTO A BAR WITH A DUCK ON HIS HEAD…” less you stand out, the longer you’ll last.” Answer: “A Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may dis- few harmless flakes working together can unleash an tort it, but there it is. YOU’RE WELCOME, BEATLES! avalanche of destruction.” Answer : “Yes, the Mon- kees were a huge influence on the Beatles”. Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.

WE GOT A FEMA THE WIZARD IS WAZ t has been almost two years since we reported our first FEMA PA contract win ver the course of our special relationship with our Mentor and “Big Brother” Fluor Corporation, BRADY has been for- as a teaming partner with our Big Broth- tunate to host a number of visits by assorted Fluor dignitar- er Fluor…that has been pending for I ies and VIPs. With much anticipation, Bill “Waz” Wa- nearly six editions of The Quote because O silewski, Vice President of Global Sales, followed the yellow brick road th the 6 place whiner/loser decided to ad- all the way from Greenville, SC to BRADY’s World Domination Head- vertise their loser status by suing FEMA over their loser sta- quarters in San Diego this past December to check on the “little en- th tus. We are now very happy to report that the 6 place gine that could”. To Waz’s surprise and amazement, he discovered loser’s lawsuit against the Federal Government is now not that BRADY is a real company full of really good people, with hearts

only merely dead, it is really most sincerely dead. and brains galore and courage to spare. Unfortunately, we were un- YOU’RE WELCOME, RICK! able to take Waz on a visit to his most cherished destination, Temecu- As a result, on March 15th Fluor announced that they were “awarded a contract la, CA, but as a consolation prize he was able to see the best of San by the Department of Homeland Securi- Diego in a few short days. We cannot reveal the results of our multi-day “over-the-rainbow/thinking- ty’s Federal Emergency Management outside-the-box” meetings of the BRADY/Fluor “brain trust”, as this is all tippy-top secret stuff, but we can Agency (FEMA) to provide technical as- say it involves work with many of Fluor’s Fortune 500 clients including General Mills, sessment and project management ser- Alcoa, DuPont, Kimberly Clark, and Proctor and Gamble, to name a few. On vices in support of the agency’s recovery efforts after Waz’s departure, Rick was asked by BRADY staff to summarize the outcome of national disasters. The Public Assistance Technical Assis- Waz’s visit and all he could mumble was “the sum of the square roots of any two tance Contract has a potential value of up to $500 mil- sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.” lion over five years. Fluor will book work into backlog as it Sounds like “code” for it all went well and we very much look forward to our fu- is awarded by FEMA.” Amen to that! ture with Fluor’s Global Services Group. And thank you Waz for helping Rick find his brain once again – we can’t ever thank you enough! So, before BRADY expands beyond our Moon projects ANCHORMAN and opens our first Galaxy Domination Headquarters office, we feel it is first important to learn how to clean n BRADY’s ongoing conquest to keep California’s unemployment rate under

up the messes caused by Mother Nature here on 90%, we are pleased to announce our first engineer hire of 2012, Dan Earth before we tackle that methane gas plume on Cavanaugh, EIT. Dan is a near 4.0 graduate of the greatest educational/ Jupiter. Talk about a true site closure challenge! In I party institution west of the Salton Sea, San Diego State University, joining the the meantime, we will do all we can to assist with dis- roughly 427 alumni currently on the BRADY staff. Not really, but would you be- aster relief support resulting from the next batch of lieve 10? hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, Darth’s next heart transplant…not that we are hoping for any, except After watching way too many Popeye cartoons during his first attempt at college, Dan decided to enlist in the greatest Navy in the history of the world in 1998. He maybe that pest control subcontract…and when the spent the next 8 years absorbing unknown amounts of radiation aboard nuclear time comes to clean up that oil spill in Nebraska from submarines while traveling around the world. He retired from the Navy as a dec- the Keystone Pipeline, we’ll be ready! orated Petty Officer in 2006. When asked about his experience in the Navy, Dan responded, “I can nei- ther confirm nor deny the things that may or may not have occurred while serving aboard the U.S.S. To- IT AIN’T OVER TILL... peka. We went places, did things, and lived to not tell the tales. I can say that the business end of a rocket propelled depth charge is not on my list of experiences to repeat.” ick Welsh says it is. With apologies to Yogi Berra, Dick’s room- Although Dan is not a huge fan of spinach and he is one of the nicest guys mate from his days with the 1927 New York Yankees, Dick has you will ever meet, think Popeye and Brutus and you’ll get a nice picture of declared that the time has IRON DICK AND THE GREAT BAMBINO Dan the (former) Sailor Man. finally arrived for the curvy D big-boned calorie challenged ba- Dan will be working under the supervision of Jim Bowen in our con wrapped glazed donut lovin’ Federal Construction Services Group. He will be doing QA/QC, Opera Lady to finally sing. Richard “Dick” Welsh, BRADY’s be- contracting, construction support, and designing nuclear subs hind the scenes leader and two gallon per day Starbucks once we acquire General Dynamics. Given his background, it’s drinker in our booming Hampton Roads, Virginia office, has safe to say he knows his way around a military base. Although decided, after 49 years, to hang up his abacus and hard hat the only sub Dan will command from now on is the thousands of as of March 31, 2012. As reported a few issues ago in The $5 foot longs he is earning as salary, he is happy to finally begin his career as Quote, Bill Colden, BRADY’s VP and Manager of our Hamp- a civil engineer…at the ripe old age of 35…and he is even more excited to ton Roads office, is so old he was present when Roman Nu- be a member of BRADY. Good answer! Welcome aboard, Dan, full speed ahead!

WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND merals were created. The truth of course is that Dick cre- THE A-TEAM MINUS MR. T hough most readers of The Quote think that working ated Roman Numerals and also invented Twinkies, at BRADY is all fun and games, we must report that amongst many other achievements too numerous to list, some of us actually work our a**** off on a daily basis. though fortunately they have been permanently docu- Leading this “rarely seen in the office” group is Don mented on the Dead Sea Scrolls. He is so old he claims to T have heard the “Big Bang” with his own ears and his first McHugh and his collection of misfits and mavericks that make up our P-401 team. Though the last time we saw Don hard hat was made out of a Triceratops dinosaur skull. And he claims he told Adam not to eat that it was on the side of a milk carton, he has recently reported, apple! There is no doubt that Dick will be in his own words: “at the end of February 2012, the P-401 missed, but after his departure, the average Military Construction Project reached 75% completion. The age of all 100+ BRADY staff will drop from 48 to P-401 project is a four year effort to replace the aging fuel 2. In all seriousness and with sincere heartfelt storage and processing facility with a state of the art LEED gratitude, thank you Dick for all you have done certified new aboveground facility. The P-401 project is be- to help make STAY RETIRED, ing constructed by the Nova Group/Underground Construc- BRADY the company we are DICK! today. We could not have tion Joint Venture in partnership with the Naval Base Point Loma FEAD and Fleet Logistics Center San Diego.” For more done it without you! And when you scintillating facts, BRADY has been subcontracted to pro- get sick of retirement in a few weeks, we promise to have an office, 55 gallon vide environmental oversight on this extremely large and drum of Starbucks coffee, cozy blan- critical four year project. Furthermore from Don, “ in addi- ket, and a down pillow ready for you tion the project has now exceeded 800 safe days without a on your return. In the meantime, hit lost time accident which represent over 40,000 man hours ‘em straight and long! since construction activities began in May 2009. The P-401 project involves the demolition or in-place closure of 11 JOHNSON & JOHNSON Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs), 22 Underground Storage dam and Eve. Romeo and Juliet. Bonnie and Tanks (USTs), over 1,000 vadose and monitoring wells, the old Clyde. Batman and Robin. Tarzan and Jane. Fuel Oil Recovery (FOR) Plant, and three Pump Houses, and Carter and Obama. Lloyd and Harry. Welsh and their replacement with eight new 125,000 barrel ASTs, a new Ruth. The Green Hornet and Bruce Lee. Peas FOR Plant, and Pump House all while keeping 300,000 barrels A and carrots. And now, BRADY is excited to introduce John- in storage for the fleet.” By now you can tell this is a real son and Johnson, and we’re not talking band aids and ba- Government job! BRADY staff oversees all environmental by oil. After discovering that having one Johnson, as in aspects of the project including the characterization, excavation, and thermal treatment of over Howard, on the BRADY payroll was a good idea, having a 49,000 tons of petroleum impacted soil. If you are still reading this, yes, tons, do the math, we’re talk- second Johnson, as in Andree, would be a great idea. As of March 26th, BRADY is proud to announce that Ms. An- ing a serious mess. And lastly from Don: “the work also involved the permitted closure of all of the dree Johnson has joined the firm in our Santa Ana, CA of- ASTs, USTs, and associated fuel piping. The project is striving to achieve LEED Silver Certification. At fice to help the other Johnson make this office

present time the project has currently diverted over 92% recycled materials from the landfill. This rep- a kick-a** success. The addition of Andree resents the elimination of over 8,000 trucks represents 100% staff growth while requiring no coming to and from Point Loma. The pro- change to our OC office’s monogrammed ject is now projected to be complete in unisex executive bathroom towels. Andree mid 2013.” Nice job Don, Craig Haver- graduated from UCLA in Environmental Studies stick, Jason Williams, Hunter Butler, and Ulf in 2006. After an internship with the West Basin Richter, as well as Fred Essig, Aaron Heidt, Municipal Water District she start- Mary Epperson, Scott Shroyer, Steve ed her career with the great engineering firm formerly known as Blanchard, Jim Pierce, Tim Shields, Tim Malcolm Pirnie. She is a specialist in Stanton, Bob Ryan, Peter Lloyd, Jesse many things too numerous to list, but MacNeill, Don Whittaker, Joanne Rivera, with the addition of Andree, BRADY is certain that “Mega” results are and Tara Lieberman. Keep up the great around the corner. Welcome aboard Andree – now let’s start selling some baby powder! work!

FEMA HAMPTON ROADS A FLIGHT TO REMEMBER HIGH TIDES IN TIDEWATER! RADY Hampton Roads is growing faster than the balance on the U.S. Government’s Bank of n the day of perhaps one of the great- China Credit Card. On February 3rd we moved est moments in BRADY company history, B to a spacious new office on the ground floor in Rick “Lloyd Christmas” Brady and Sean our Class C building, almost doubling our office space. “Harry Dunne” Sudol experienced a We’ve added a few new faces: Jodi Wyatt and Russ O moment straight out of “Dumb and Dumber” – just Ludwig joined the BRADY Bunch on Feb 27th. Jodi will when Rick thought he couldn’t possibly be any handle the front office duties and Russ is our new Dick. dumber, he went ahead and did something…to We received our first award on our Hampton Roads MACC for replacement of the steam line on Pier 14, totally redeem himself. Drum roll please: Rick/ Naval Station, Norfolk. In addition to the steam line, the Lloyd attempted to check into his Emirates flight $2.4 million contract requires extensive concrete repairs from LAX to Doha with an expired passport. The to the utility trench which runs the length of the pier before the new steam line is in- gate agent ignored his plea that he should be al- stalled. Exciting stuff! We’re also having a FEMA experience of our own in the making, lowed to board because he was a limo driver, nor requiring the need for BRADY’s World Domination did she believe he was on his way to Qatar to give SEPARATED AT BIRTH? Headquarters in San Diego to issue a FEMA alert to a lecture at a medical school. In all fairness, Sean/ our Hampton Roads office – as in a Fashion Emergen- Harry was an innocent bystander, though unbeliev- cy Management Act. Looks like we’re getting ready ably, this was Sean’s first trip out of the U.S. of A. for Global Warming in our ground floor office, as most Sean proceeded to board the flight “solo”, looking of our men are sporting some nice high water pants. LITTLE BILLY COLDEN Too bad Costco doesn’t sell pants any longer than a like he just got dropped off for the first day of kin- 30-inch length. Salvatore Ferragamo is on his way at this very moment dergarten, middle seat in coach (BRADY does to render disaster relief! have a tight travel budget, even with that last minute sale to Billy in 4C), while Rick pondered his next genius move. At least he did not fall off the WHO’S THE BOSS? jet way once again, per his usual custom. Due to ell, it appears we are. Though BRADY is nearly “zero for the 21st century” in some clever work by the SWAT travel team at municipal engineering contract wins in our home town of San Diego, the BRADY’s World Domination Headquarters in San Di- “little engine that could” landed a whale of a decent contract, as in a Base ego, our “Idiot President” was on another flight the very next day with his Samsonite luggage and W Operations Support Services aka BOSS contract in another Navy town on a new passport in hand. In the back row of coach, window seat, he was reported to comment the other side of the country – Jacksonville, FL. And given this is our first union services when flying over the Rocky Mountains that John Denver was full of it; after five hours of viewing contract, we should begin the story with a “union” introduction. Once upon a time-and the video monitor of the flight path he blurted “we’ve only gone four inch- -a-half ago, as a subcontractor to our “Big Brother” Fluor, we submitted together on this es!”; he proceeded to order the “Soup Du Jour” by saying contract with BRADY’s role to operate the water, wastewater, and “I’ll have that” and called the “stewardess” Flo; and was of the most importance – swimming pools – for the Navy’s Facilities in Jacksonville and Mayport. After nearly 18 months, we are overheard after his eighth mini vodka to say he was on his pleased to announce that the BRADY portion of this “Mega Win” is way to someplace warm where the beer “does not flow” nearly $38,000,000, for 7-1/2 years. Though lately we feel like the San like wine…to a little place called Doha…that is surprisingly Diego Chargers of local engineering – as in zero Super Bowl wins – also full of French a**holes. Fortunately Rick arrived just in we are happy to note the eight figures is not a the nick-of-time for the Mega Reservoirs kick-off meeting typo. Not a bad consolation prize once again. with Hyder and KAHRAMAA on February 19th, so in the end Jacksonville aka “JAX” may be home of the Flori- BRADY avoided a Titanic “Night to Remember” experi- THE UN-RICK da Gators and Rick’s new adopted nephew Tim ence, but more like an “Affair to Remember”. Tebow, but it is now time to make a little room for Rick is clearly no Cary Grant, but “winter is BRADY in the U.S. state most likely to be under surely not a cold time for him, as he has plen- water within 50 years. After hearing news of the ty of warm memories”. This particular memory JAX win, Tim placed a call to World Domination Headquarters and said: “If you believe, then unbelievable things can sometimes happen.” There is no doubt that we will remain as hot as a July day in Qatar. are still in a state of shock, as this is truly unbelievable. Thank you Fluor, Kent Smith, Thank you Sean for leading the way for Matt Carroll, Ron Hertwig, and Saka Zadoian amongst many others, for including us BRADY, otherwise we might have been called on your winning team. to retrieve Rick from the top of the Empire State Building. GET SMART, PART DEUX SWEET HOME ALABAMA

WOULD YOU BELIEVE…? hat’s the first thing that comes to mind when you t least we hope so. Though an award hear the initials IBM? Computers, Innovation, Wat- has yet to be made, BRADY staff worked

son, Jeopardy…or perhaps International Behemoth for forty days and forty nights to pull to- Megacorp? How about this one…WATER?! Anyone A gether our first BRADY-Fluor LLC “ISS” pro- W posal for the U.S. Army Materiel Command, Red- who has spilled some on their laptop would agree that computers and water go together like Democrats and Republicans. But stone, Alabama. ISS is one of a million military acro- it is true; one of the biggest tech companies in the wide wide nyms – this one means “Installation Support Ser- world of business is now making a name for themselves in water, vices”. The significant part of this five year contract with a big hand from their ace-in-the-hole, BRADY. And why not, is the Mega contract value -- $XXX,000,000. Yes, with water rapidly becoming the petroleum of the future, IBM is nine figures – not another typo. We’re feeling a bit testing its prowess with complex and innovative leak detection like how the Comedian in Chief will be feeling on and pressure management technology in the municipal water November 6, 2012 while pacing the Oval Office -- world. on his ninth pack of Marlboros, waiting for the news. We’re just hopeful our news will be better than his. The first step for IBM and their team of mathematicians and com- puter geeks/gurus was to get familiar with water systems, how This was truly a team effort, led by Sean “three hours they operate, and the people that run them. Insert BRADY… of sleep per night” Manning, that involved the com- hydraulics and potable water systems happen to be our forte, if bined 24/7 efforts of our Charlotte, Virginia Beach, we must say so ourselves. BRADY and IBM fit together like a leath- and San Diego offices. Thank you Sean and the er glove, minus the Ford Bronco. team -- Aaron Robinson, Ben Sharon, Brett Patter- son, Don Whittaker, Jeff Johnson, Jennifer Funk, With much fanfare, the City of San Diego, BRADY, and Mark Owens, Mike Slawson, Richard Riser, Robert Manning, Ryan Nishimura, Sean Sudol, and IBM kicked off a “smart water” pilot study in January Tim Stanton -- for your stellar performance and for Fluor in believing that the “little engine that with people coming from around the world (literally, could”…actually did pull it off with a day to spare. Sean delivered the 8,000 page proposal an IBM PhD, Segev Wasserkrug, came all the way from with a forklift. Would you believe a 2-inch binder in his Chevy Malibu? Israel) to BRADY’s World Domination Headquarters in San Diego for the face-to-face project kick-off work- Next up – the ISS contract pursuit for Newt “Dough Boy” Skywalker’s Moon Base in 2013 that shop. In attendance were several members of the should only cost a kajillion bajillion dollars. No word yet if the moon unit will be split into two City of San Diego’s water operations staff led by Jim divisions: Moon Unit Alpha and Moon Fisher, Neptune Metering Company led by Andy Bohn, Unit Zappa. Good thing Mrs. Skywalker IBM led by Peter Williams, and your friendly crack staff No. 3 already has her own space hel- of BRADY engineers. Word got out early that there met. For all of you ex-Pats out there would be free breakfast, coffee and lunch, and Jen- thinking this is your next dream job – and nifer Aniston, so the turnout was quite impressive. we’re not talking retired New England Patriots – just because it is zero gravity The City of San Diego’s City Council is excited to see on the moon, it will not mean zero per- the results…and so are we. The pilot is now underway sonal taxes. But the project should be – wish us luck, as in the 21st century and beyond, eve- no sweat for BRADY – we’ve already ry drop will count! built a reservoir up there!

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LIVE LONG ON THE MOON AND PROSPER...SO I CAN TAX YOU TO THE MOON—NASA AWARDS IMPORTANT CONTRACT TO MEGA RESERVOIRS—A TRUE STORY

n the words of one of The Quote’s favorite spokes-reptiles, Godzilla… BRADY (Not a True Story) Size Does Matter. It is true that BRADY was unable to win a little reservoir he Joint Venture of Richard Brady & Associates (RBA) and DYK Incorporated was recent- job with another former great client (ask Ron Burgundy if you need a ly awarded an 8(a) set aside contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Admin- hint) just a few miles up the I-15 freeway from World Domination Head- I istration (NASA) to perform preliminary studies for the future construction of water stor- quarters, involving two circles, or squares, depending upon your reservoir age structures on the moon. The studies will include determining the practicality of using preference. C’est la vie, Part Deux. Wounded yes T and a bit heartbroken to “drop the ball” in our moon based natural materials to batch concrete with sufficient strength in a zero gravity at- own backyard, and it is painfully true what mosphere that someday could allow colonization of the moon. Recognizing that infrastruc- STAY CLASSY, the Yoko Ono of the NFL (Gisele Bund- ture will be needed to support future colonies, NASA has directed Richard Brady & Associates BRADY! chen) said post XLVI, “you can’t throw the and DYK to develop a prototype prestressed concrete reservoir design that can withstand the ball and catch it at the same time”. Sorry, harsh conditions expected for moon based construction. NASA’s Mission Director Dr. Sid Finch Yoko, we do not deny we are a bunch of fashion emergency nerd en- of the Johnson Space Center, Houston proclaimed “This is an important first step in our multi- gineers who do not know the difference between Salvatore Ferraga- decade program to someday have facilities on the moon that will allow human habitation. mo and Forrest Gump. And we realize that maybe we’ve been With global warming and world overpopulation concerns accelerating daily, colonization of “wookin’ pa nub” in all the wrong places (Qatar, anyone?) for the past the moon is a vital necessity to insure the survival of the human race. We are pleased to have two years. But in the words of Rick’s two-time Super Bowl loser nephew, “Pats not all, folks”. BRADY is not only back, the Joint Venture of Richard Brady & Associates and DYK under contract for this critically im- but we are proud to announce that alt- portant assignment”. Work on this 5 year, $20M assignment will commence April 1, 2006. For hough we did not catch the ball right in our pocket protectors in our more information on the Moon Colonization Program for the 21st Century, contact NASA at home town (aka Whale’s ******), we managed to 704-401-7257. land a “whale of a project” aptly known as MEGA RESERVOIRS in a place that seems like the dark side of the moon for most – Doha, Qatar. MEGA RESERVOIRS is a water security project for KAHRAMAA in the country of Qatar involving the design and construction support services for twen- ty-nine (29), seventy-three (73) million imperial gallon (1.2 times a U.S. gallon – feel free to do the math) prestressed concrete reservoirs. Each tank will be the world’s largest – 29 times over. It will take some serious pipe to connect all of this together (hydraulics an- Rick Brady, President of RBA, and Bill “I think 41 MG will fit in this crater, “Bill, I think you have the moon upside Hendrickson, CEO of DYK, agree to which will be the largest prestressed down.” yone?), as in 125 miles of 72-inch diameter steel pipe. A few giant Moon Deal. concrete reservoir in the universe!” pump stations are needed to move the two billion plus gallons of water around the country over a seven day period. BRADY is As a follow up to the joke, to address those of you who believed it: pleased to be a reservoir/hydraulics teaming partner of Hyder, a UK based company who has the prime responsibility for this US $6 billion dol- “We wish to extend our thanks to those who expressed genuine interest in our lar project. It is true that you can’t have it all, and in this case, we are NASA moon project. As far-fetched as building a reservoir on the moon sounded happy to have the consolation prize. MEGA to us when we wrote our little April Fools joke story for our most recent newsletter, RESERVOIRS here we come! we were nonetheless surprised at the high volume of calls we received inquiring about joining our team, or simply congratulating us on this exciting new contract. Unfortunately, half of the inquiries came from the staff of Richard Brady & Associ- ates. However, this is the same half of our staff who are curious about who is bur- ied in Grant’s Tomb. We wish it were true, but alas, we are not building a reservoir on the moon, at least not until next century. Thanks for the feedback, nonetheless. We were not intending to insult anyone’s intelligence (you know who you are), but come on!”

NEGATIVE Gs MY WHALE’S And lastly, Rick’s apparent temporary weight gain is due primarily to the negative G effects A**! experienced when working on the moon for prolonged periods. TO THE MOON—NASA AWARDS IMPORTANT CONTRACT TO MEGA RESERVOIRS—A TRUE STORY

WOULD YOU BELIEVE…? hat’s the first thing that comes to mind when you t least we hope so. Though an award hear the initials IBM? Computers, Innovation, Wat- has yet to be made, BRADY staff worked

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LIVE LONG ON THE MOON AND PROSPER...SO I CAN TAX YOU

Thank you America for having me here tonight. Meeting the first Roosevelt was like uncorking your first bottle of champagne. Knowing him was like drinking it. But I have nothing to offer to you, our greatest ally, but blood, toil, sweat, and tears. The day may dawn when fair play, love for one’s fellow men, respect for justice and free- dom, will enable tormented generations to march forth triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never des- pair, and never surrender. America’s finest hour is yet ahead. God Bless America!” Another message from the HERE’S TO YOU... PRESIDENT rs. Robinson, as in mom Jesse, and the of other Robinson, as in Aaron, one of BRADY’s fine young engineers, are now STAYIN’ ALIVE! ome people have a way with words, other people have...oh, uh, not have the proud parents of Cove Wade Rob- way (thank you Steve Martin, classic 1970’s standup routine), and then M inson. And strangely enough, Cove shares the there is one who has…a teleprompter. Once upon a time-and-a-half-ago, same date of birth as Makenna Marie Reilly, De- S there was a man who not only had a way with words, with cutting remarks cember 29, 2011. Sounds like some future match- and a dry wit, with legendary unscripted off the cuff comments, a man who making might be in the stars. There is no doubt that could inspire and amuse at the same time, a man who offered real hope when the Robinson’s are also happy for the perfect tim- backs were squarely against the wall. The world could use a man (or woman, ing of a pre-January 1 delivery, as in the nice tax channeling the Iron Lady) like him or her today…the man on deduction, but if you know the Robinson’s they the cover. Of course every more likely had their eyes on the tide tables than 2012 graduate of a U.S. high the tax tables. Birth stats: 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and school will recognize this photo of Franklin Roosevelt. 21 inches...thanks to the high tide at 1:33 a.m. A bit Or would you believe it’s Winston Churchill? of a minnow, but long and lean for sure, no doubt Cove will be surfing soon with his Daddy. Congrat- We can all agree that the world is different in 2012 ulations to the American Family Robinsons! and it changes every second, faster than a speeding bullet. It is true that no matter how bad things feel, we don’t live in pre-WWII Poland, 1939. And we all have the instant e-mail alerts to prove it on our multiple INTENTIONAL PARENTING “gadgets” and Facepage/Twister accounts, 24/7, where the “news” is 100% correct, 60% of the time. As ick’s two-time Super Bowl loser nephew may be re- sponsible for some of the dumbest plays in NFL history bad as it seems to way too many people at the mo- I’M #2! ment, it is starting to stink just a bit from coast to coast on February 5, 2012, and we’re not talking about de- (denial is not just a Justin Timberlake cry-me-a-river in ciding to cut his own hair Egypt). Yes, it is truly sad that the happiest man in R once again or asking the NFL’S Yoko America at the moment is Jimmy Carter, but the prob- Ono to be his post-game spokes lems of today pale by comparison to those of past model. On the contrary, there is no STAYIN’ CLASSY! decades, let alone centuries ago doubt that Scott Reilly called the when the work week in every perfect play on December 29, 2011 country but France was 25 hours in San Diego, CA. Scott, BRADY’s ANOTHER HARD DAY per day, 8 days a week, starting at age 7, “YES, I WAS A CROOK” AT WORK! when you walked every day to the coal Vice-President of Construction Ser- mine, barefoot in the snow, uphill, both ways, until you died at 25. vices, and his sports-fanatic wife Truthfully – what a bunch of whiners. For real misery – how about the Reena are now the proud first-time 1970’s? Vietnam, Nixon, Watergate, the first Carter, Disco, gas ration- parents of Makenna Marie Reilly. No ing, Angel Flight pants, platform shoes (for men – though it was nice surprise -- they beat the two-day to be 6’-4” tall every Saturday night)… anyone? So yes, we know warning -- nice audible on the tax break! Scott and Reena’s first we’re not living in WWII, yet something doesn’t feel quite right, some- dream is now a reality. Stats as reported to the Elias Sports Bu- thing is “in the air”, and maybe “WWIII” appears to be just around reau and NFL Films: 6 pounds, 10 ounces, and just 18 inches from the corner. Not sure what corner, and of course the average a first down. In addition to his many duties at BRADY, Scott is al- American can’t spot the United States on a globe, let alone Irani- so a Division I college football referee, and if his other dream stan…a new country not yet on the globe…but a new secret comes true someday, he will be making the next intentional BRADY client. “Interesting times”, but this is what some Roman guy said on March 15th after eating his “Ides of March” salad, se- grounding call in the NFL, hopefully before Super Bowl L…to be conds before “Et tu, Brute?” He wasn’t ordering Champagne, held in the Chargers new stadium…in Los Angeles. Congratula- and the renamed salad is now all that most Americans know tions also to Reena for the birth of your number one draft choice. about Julius Caesar. The only difference between Rome in 44 Feel free to throw the flag on Scott when he pretends he is sleep- B.C. and Beverly Hills today is the color of the robes worn to the ing – it is his “doody” to change a diaper every now and then, spa/vomitorium. The more things change, the more they remain not just at halftime!