Another one from the Mil email string… Here we go again… Pizza MRE??? I’m SO glad I’m retired and gone… MRE- Meals Rejected by Ethiopians, not for preflight/inflight use, etc… Given the choice, I would default to C-rats or K-rats. … Continue reading
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This one came over the transom from the mil email string… Well worth paying attention to, as I’ve seen more and more calls from various ‘Pacs’ wanting donations for various things… A web of new political action committees (PAC) raised nearly … Continue reading
Again… This time by choice! Off to LibertyCon in Chattanooga! I’m on a few more panels this year… Day Time Name of Event Fri 02:00PM Virtual Reality: Future Prospects, Future Threats, and Perhaps an Answer to the Fermi Paradox … Continue reading
Well, my post yesterday lit off the spammers… again… 71 spams as of 2200 last night. Usually I have less than five a day… In other news, things are getting interesting between DOJ and the House Select Committee on Intelligence. … Continue reading
Closer and closer… AE Pilot Jim posted this on FB- I’ve been seeing the term “Othering” being bandied about more and more often lately, so let’s talk about balkanization. Balkanization or Balkanize, as a term, was born out of the … Continue reading
Well, I wore out another keyboard… This one lasted a year, and somewhere around 500,000 words… And my new one… And N, I, and S work!!! Yea! Yes, it’s a Microsoft Natural. I like it because it reduces my wrist … Continue reading
Wing has a new book out!!! Click on the cover to get it! The blurb- Raina escaped to Freeport with a tour booked under a stolen ID, and a plan to lose herself in the city. Instead, she found a … Continue reading
I was going to rant about the BS on the border, and the effing congresscritters that can’t pull their heads out of their asses and actually DO their effing jobs… But Ramirez does better with two cartoons than I can … Continue reading
Back in the day… We had crew hats that were done in theater… Japan, 1976-77 But the real reason for this is a picture one of my shipmates sent me, asking, “Remember this?” The ubiquitous electric skillet… Every crew … Continue reading
Tired of paying outrageous prices for burnt coffee served by ‘baristas’ with an attitude? Apparently you’re not the only one (I don’t buy ANYTHING at Starbucks, ever). Starbucks is closing 150 stores in the next year… The coffee behemoth is … Continue reading