Prufrock: That's a bit like claiming the swastika is just a Hindu good luck charm. The Nazis did ruin it for everyone, just as they've ruined spiffy black-and-silver for military uniforms, lightning bolt insignias, and a lot of other things they were unfortunately very good at. The design aesthetic of Nazi Germany was so strong that it's put a lot of strong visual impact off limits for several generations-- including mine. Heck, smart designers don't even go near red, black, white and quadrilateral symmetry mixes anymore.

I do not, however, count sh*tty little mustaches as part of that strong design aesthetic.

This is just a bad move on the Air Force's part. The connotations are just too strong; ask the Dead Kennedys. Hopefully, the backlash will be effective.

No one will believe this, but the best fortune cookie I ever got read, "You will be assigned to a diplomatic post involving a lot of Kzin."

I don't think it's just email. My wife has long complained that listening to me write long fiction is disturbing because I gasp and pause and generally have some kind of apneatic reaction to the ebb and flow of whatever it is I'm writing. I don't have sleep apnea, though.