Hopefully you are celebrating with friends/family…
Take a moment if you will to remember those military, LEOs, Fire/Rescue who are out keeping us safe as we celebrate.
Now get off the damn computer and spend time with those around you!!!
Or go watch football! 😉
DaddyBear has his third novel out!
The blurb-
In the first of three adventures, the Minivandian’s son finds a hidden story of his parents’ past.
Long before the comfortable adventures of the everyday, Ruarin, the Lady of Eyre and Daddybear the Minivandian make a harrowing journey to track down the ghoulish remnants of a friend, and the captive he took.
In the frozen north, they must brave not only killing weather and hidden monsters, but the secrets of Daddybear’s past, including his true name…
Quest to the North is currently available on Kindle, HERE.
As one of the beta readers, I can tell you it’s much darker than the first tale, but it’s a great read! Several short stories and one novella length novel telling the tale of the trip North.
Funny, heartwarming and entertaining, it’s highly recommended!!!
Just gonna leave this one here without comment…
Well, maybe a couple of words…
GET A #)(&% JOB!!! Sigh…
Are coming home to roost…
One has to wonder what is going on inside the U.S. Navy. A recent survey of U.S. Navy personnel delivered sobering news to out-going Obama Navy leadership. In arresting phrases, the September 2016 survey found that sailors are “increasingly unhappy with lengthy deployments, high operational tempo, and calls to reduce pay and benefits,” and not interested in being pawns on a political correctness chessboard. That is not what they signed up for.
Complete article HERE, from the Washington Examiner.
When you cut operational forces, lengthen deployments, INCREASE operational requirements and play social engineering, it’s no wonder the sailors are frustrated…
Throw in a lack of maintenance funding across the board (aviation, ship, submarines), you have less assets to meet the OPTEMPO requirements. This leads to marginally qualified units having to deploy on short notice or radically shift turnaround schedules. Add in additional training requirements that are mutually exclusive, cut the underway days, cut the ‘good deal’ trips/ports and it only gets worse.
In the air community, some squadrons are back to ‘tri-sites’ that may be half a world apart. Hard to maintain any sense of community or squadron pride when you’re scattered to hell and gone, flying your asses off, with major restrictions on liberty time/locations.
Frankly, I’m surprised its taken this long to percolate up. I hope Trump comes through on the promise to get the military funding and personnel back up. If he doesn’t, America is in trouble…
Here is a video from Discovery Channel of the Komet in action. Various accounts give them credit for 9 or 10 shootdowns, against the loss of 16 Komets in combat.
L. B. Johnson, from ‘Home on the Range‘ blog has her third book and first fiction novel out!
It’s titled ‘Small Town Roads‘.
The blurb:
Evelyn Ahlgren, a widow, and retired schoolteacher enjoys the comforts of her little home and her surrounding neighborhood. That’s why she is intrigued to see what her new neighbor, a young woman named Rachel Raines, will add to their small town.
Rachel has just left the city with a Criminal Justice degree. She had thought she wanted a carefree city life, not a job as a rookie cop in a town whose only restaurant has a life-sized plastic cow on the roof.
Sometimes God has other plans for us.
Evelyn befriends her young neighbor, finding out she has endured a lot of grief for one so young, that sorrow taking her on a directionless path instead of one lit by the Holy Spirit. As heart-breaking as that is to see, Evelyn believes that God brought the two together to find renewed purposes in His Will, and the two begin an unlikely friendship that surpasses age, knowledge, and life experiences.
When Rachel is caught up in an unexpected act of violence while out on patrol, her whole life changes, as does her look at her future and her faith.
Small Town Roads effortlessly captures the unique perspective that small towns bestow on those who live there. Mrs. Johnson shows that the confines of a small town can contain a healing spirit that can soothe the difficulties of the past while providing hope in God for tomorrow’s future.
LB is a long time friend, and she definitely has a ‘way’ with words. She’s an Amazon best selling author, and if you want to know what small town life is like, this book gives you a good look into it.
Make no mistake, this is a book that is uplifting, beautifully written and evocative of how one CAN turn a life around…
Highly recommended!!!
Soooo…
Went down to Central Texas for a couple of days of deer hunting…
There is something special about sitting in a blind, or anywhere in the early morning as the sun rises, enjoying the peace and quiet as the land comes awake around you…
Lousy picture here, this is actually MUCH brighter than it was… Two fawns, just out of spots…
The same two little fawns, and one of the little yearling bucks, 4 point…
And a different little fawn, as the morning sun finally gets high enough to actually light the trees…
So, everybody wants to know how we did, right?
Old gas stations… And some old brands that no longer exist… And some nice old vehicles too!
Go read the folks on the sidebar, they’re better at this than I am…
Oh yeah, and then there’s this one…
🙂
What happens now?
At least half of the country was surprised by Donald Trump’s victory on election night, and Washington is now scrambling to guess how he will lead in the White House and abroad. But the most lasting effect of the Trump presidency could be his power to shape the Supreme Court, where he has one vacancy to fill now and the possibility of more in the years ahead.
Good article HERE on politco.com
I’m going to be out of pocket for a couple of days, so light blogging and commenting…
Oh and as usual, another dancing monkey lied… Dunham refuses to leave… HERE.