Apollo 13 mission commander, astronaut Jim Lovell, has died. He was 97 years old. “We are saddened to announce the passing of our beloved father, USN Captain James A. ‘Jim’ Lovell, a Navy pilot and officer, astronaut, leader, and space explorer,” … Continue reading
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that a Civil War monument removed under the Biden administration from Arlington National Cemetery will be restored to its original location. The monument, known as the Reconciliation Monument or the Confederate Memorial, was removed … Continue reading
Are you old enough to remember what this is, and where it was used??? If you’re an old fart like I am, it’s…easy… I knew them as ‘convertibles’, and my aunts in Texas both had them on their sleeping porches. … Continue reading
Is both a writer’s lifeline, and the bane of their existence… Research takes time away from actual productivity, but it’s also necessary if you want readers to actually read your books. Nothing is worse that errors that cause a reader … Continue reading
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To start the week! NAVAJO MESSAGE TO THE MOON When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training. One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space … Continue reading
The three toed fish were bad enough, but this??? Officials at a former nuclear bomb site in South Carolina have discovered a radioactive wasp nest. Workers were conducting a routine radiation level check at the Savannah River Site near Aiken when a nest … Continue reading
On where you are… Moscow Rules for intelligence operatives and others… Assume nothing. Never go against your gut. Everyone is potentially under opposition control. Do not look back; you are never completely alone. Go with the flow, blend in. Vary … Continue reading
From the Coasties that participated in the Camp Mystic rescue… Seth Reeves was only supposed to be at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, for two weeks. He was slated to work from July 1 to July 15 … Continue reading
Haven’t done one of these for a while… So, back in the day… This one comes with a few memories… Cafe Acores, George the Crook, Fast Eddies, Matteus Rose, goat cheese and fresh bread, beautiful filigree silver and gold jewelry… … Continue reading