Washington DC, November 2000. Three months as a US Government agent*. Working for an astronaut**. Hob-nobbing with Nobel Prize winners***. Conducting reconoissance of international scope****. It doesn't get much more dangerous***** than this.

* i.e. working for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, doing flame research
** true.
*** i.e. one of them came into the lab to borrow some equipment once
**** i.e. having lots of parties with other researchers from all over the world.
***** i.e. fun