i went to lunch yesterday with the people in my project. that is something i have never done here, not even in my first week. there is a very anti-social way about this place, perhaps it is because 90% of the people who work here are anti-social. so, there are about eight of us, and for whatever reason gay-pride week was brought up. my boss mentioned that a guy he knew at los alamos came out of the closet. another guy replies "thats nothing, it was really weird was when steven thompson left for two years and came back as susan." my jaw almost hit the table. this lab is, in a word...old school. it is amazing that that kind of thing would happen here.