Round and Round and Round and…


I've been looking over the few posts that I do have on this site and I've noticed a disturbing trend. Well the trend is disturbing to me. Now, to be fair, several of the posts are pretty good. I take my time and try to make a point. I have a bit of style and class. Not a lot, mind you, but a bit.

On a day when the teachers are striking, American embassies are being burned, Americans are dying overseas and we remember one of the sadest days my generation will, hopefully, ever know… Johnny Cash. “Johnny Cash Hurt” on YouTube


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Remembrances


This month was my Father's birthday.  He would have been 70 this year. The only reason I realized it on the day itself was because of my phone. You see, apparently on someones birthday my phone displays a little birthday cake in the corner. I woke up, turned on the phone and there was the cake. …

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Here we go again…


Okay. Let's try this again. For those of you who have been reading this post already; all four of you, you know who you are and I thank you, you know that I started this blog as a way to get me to keep writing while I try and help myself figure out s few …

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Doing What’s Right


Step, trustworthy, step, loyal, step helpful... I have an officer in my unit that my wife and I refer to as Major Burns. Everyone else in the unit refers to him as Maverick. His name isn't Burns and he's not a Major. We refer to him like that because he remind us of the character …

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Communication is Key


Probably the most wonderful gift the human species has ever bestowed upon itself is the gift of language. Both written and spoken. Language has transformed the human species from a large and somewhat bright ape to a civilization building behemoth. Words gave us the ability to pass on what we had learned. Allowing our children …

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And we begin…


I've been thinking a lot lately about my Father. Mostly because of how many things are being done wrong. I need to go back a little bit and but that in to context. I'm presently mobilized on what is being called an Overseas Contingency Operation. Several thousand miles from the people I love the most …

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