OK, technically it was Mike Fitts whose Tweet got a “like” from the Man at the Top of that ol’ Pyramid. Not me.

But my name was mentioned!

Mike sent this to my attention this morning:

Chuck Yeager, still an all-time badass. @BradWarthen https://t.co/jdSDVxIt3g

— Mike Fitts (@MikeFittsat140) August 20, 2016

Which I of course immediately reTweeted. After which I saw this, to my delight:

All right! I have been in contact, however indirectly, with the man with the most righteous stuff in the Twitterverse…

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