The mil email chain has been full of airplane stories this week… The first two are about the F-4 “Hey, Grandpa,” the young lad said to me; “Tell me a war story. What did you do in the war?” “I … Continue reading
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Today is the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. There are few living veterans of that fateful day and even less that are capable of making that trip one more time. Having said that, there are reports that four of the … Continue reading
Two good friends have books out today on Amazon! First is Peter Grant, with the 5th Maxwell book, Stoke the Flames Higher. The blurb- Two planets, torn apart by the same fanatics – and Lancastrian forces are caught in the … Continue reading
Family time is coming… Kaya is developing a personality, feisty seems to be the key. At five months she’s starting to set up! And Vito is now doing double duty, between her and Jace… She’s still learning about that whole … Continue reading
Since Dec 7th is this week, a little different one. There were actually TWO battles on the same day, Pearl Harbor, which is the one everyone remembers, but there was another… Some American pilots managed to counterattack, two such heroes, … Continue reading
This one came over the transom from the mil email group… Wyatt Earp on shooting! On November 3, 1930, the Saturday Evening Post published Wyatt Earp’s comments that he expressed to his biographer Stuart N. Lake about gun fighting. This … Continue reading
Getting old is NOT for sissies… You can tell when the weather is going to change, you’re expected to be grumpy (I LIKE that) and you’re not embarrassed to take an old gun to the range… Sitting here thinking last … Continue reading
Sooo… The facts are that a 18YO Somali refugee used a car and a butcher knife yesterday at OSU, right? It apparently doesn’t matter that the suspect who stabbed at Ohio State University students with a butcher knife didn’t have … Continue reading
It’s either a political rant or another tease from the Rimworld book… Since I’m tired of politics, you get this… As always, unedited, stream of consciousness writing… Right at 60K words in. Moments of Terror The days melded one into … Continue reading