WWII Poster…

And next up, the Coast Guard… Today, twofer… Same small cutter (which I can’t find a damn thing on), in two different posters.  From the looks of things, I’m guessing this is representative of the ones that actually saw action at … Continue reading

Aluminum Overcast…

Gah… Figures, the one morning I don’t check, the damn post doesn’t…  Sorry! Well, I played hooky yesterday afternoon, and snuck out to meet Stretch at Manassas Airport to get a look at a piece of history… As always, clicken … Continue reading

Color me…

Cynical… If Holder’s announcement came on a Thursday, what are they going to try to slip by on Friday??? Or is this because of the Vaughn file having to be released this month??? Or??? And the apologists are already out … Continue reading

Humor in lieu…

I was going to go off on the screwed up ‘bombing’ campaign, but it’s not worth it… If you REALLY want to stop ISIS, why are you bombing empty buildings in the middle of the night???  Just asking… Why Teachers … Continue reading

TBT…

Yeesh… I really DO need to clean out some cabinets… You youngsters may not recognize this…   That is a real floppy disk… And the up close version you can see it’s a start up disk for DOS ver 3.30 … Continue reading

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Prostate Cancer…

With the author’s permission, I’m cross-posting this… Go read Randy’s ‘experience’ HERE. He’s the one in six… Thankfully he’s willing to share his experiences and tell the story as it goes along.  I’m also linking him on my sidebar. … Continue reading

Kilted to Kick Cancer…

Okay, we’re three weeks in, and so far we’ve raised $7,569 thanks to your generous donations.  We’d like to get another $2,500 or $3,000 in this last week to push the total over $10,000. I know the times are hard, … Continue reading

Another failure of leadership…

DHS is losing people right and left due to abysmal morale and a dysfunctional work environment (plus lousy pay)… This has been a dirty little secret for years, but it’s finally getting out to the point that it ‘had’ to … Continue reading

As a matter of fact…

I ‘do’ have some patches… In answer to an email question, here are two theater made patches from VP-4 that are on my flight jacket… This is the ‘skinny’ Skinny Dragon logo. And our Crew 1A (Alpha status, meaning we … Continue reading

Gotcha…

It’s not often that somebody puts one over on me, but I gotta admit y’all got me on this one… Jay G, SciFi, and some other folks ‘conspired’ against me here… And I thank you from the bottom of my … Continue reading