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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
I sit there for a second ... and I think .... I know that name ... I dated him while I was in law school. So then, Mr. Bestseller says "Of course, you've HEARD of him!!" My reply?? "Well, not in a business or computer context, but I did have sex with him for the better part of a year."
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Ah, yes.
"In what sense did you say you knew him?"
"Biblical..."
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A couple of days later I got an email from my old friend (the mega VIP) ... we have kept in touch since then. He's married now and has a couple of beautiful children, and of course, faaabulously wealthy. Funny to think that a website devoted to my cats could lead to so many other interesting encounters.
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The Internet is great for that. It's sometimes the definition of serendipity.
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That's the one thing I really don't like about dating law enforcement or government men ... having a loaded weapon on the bedside table at night. That simply gives me the creeps. It's not like I don't know how to use one ... but the last thing I need is for me to be sleepwalking (did I mention I sleepwalk??) and have someone mistake me for a prowler and blamo ... good bye Ricky. 
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Unlikely. Those guys are very well trained and fanatic about safety.
But stuff happens. An old friend is an ex-Marine who served a couple of terms in Nam, and recounted a story he'd heard. A new, gung ho, Second Lieutenant was posted to a base. One night, he decided he would get dressed in his gym sweats, and go probe base security. He climbed atop an APC that was on a sentry's route and waited for the sentry to pass, then jumped on him when he did.
The sentry was just back from a combat zone, and had live ammo. The Lieutenant had a full clip of M16 rounds in him before he hit the ground.
After that, the Corps started reviewing the policy governing when when live ammo would be issued to sentries, especially in stateside bases...
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Dennis