Agent Listorama sponsored an Agent's Refresher Course at his headquarters in Renton. The attendees list included about 20 agents, most of whom arrived incognito and were never actually observed. Agent Listorama has a nice deck in back of the house with lots of birds at the feeders. Well, the untrained eye would have thought they were birds, but we know better (nudge, nudge, wink wink). The topic of this refresher was classified, of course. The registration forms were distributed subliminally. The agents chosen for attendance were selected from a shortlist composed of the most easily amused. Agent Listorama and I tied for first place in that regard. It was decided that a playoff round of amusement testing was not in the cards because of the refresher course topic.

The day was divided into two sessions. The first one started with an oblique reference to adult beverages which may or may not be required to be served cold. I chose the cold ones and Agent Listorama chose the not cold ones. Our trusty camp followers chose the not cold ones as well. Upon finishing the lecture for the first session, a graduation photo was taken to memorialize forever the present refresher course.

The second session required quite a bit of time in preparation which involved incantations over a heat transfer device apparently designed to impart heatification on fish. We were all quite gratified that the heatification process went smoothly and that the resulting heatified salmon sample was offered for consumption. Although it won't be mentioned in the final report, a good time was had by all. The peasants rejoiced and peace returned to the realm. Life is good.