Happy New Year!!!

Well, we survived another trip around the sun… Now it’s up to us to make the best of the coming year that we can… My wish for the new year is that each of us do the following: Make it … Continue reading

Down to the last boxes…

FINALLY… Sigh… Glad I have a dump truck coming this weekend, I have half a garage full of paper, wrapping and boxes of more paper… One, count em, ONE room is actually clean and ready for guests… I sat down … Continue reading

Catch-22ed…

Meh… I’m in the middle of an interesting situation WRT changing states and getting new tags and a new driver’s license. It seems that a DD-214 that shows I’m retired gets me a USN Retired plate in Texas… BUT… It … Continue reading

It’s all about ‘perspective’…

And what grabs the headlines… We all know the left is pushing the 30,000 dead per year due to guns, right? But did you know 50,000+ die each year due to toxic substances in the workplace? Didn’t think so… Slate … Continue reading

Almost there…

I can see the floors in a couple of rooms! Yea!!! And look what I found (finally)… The left shoe showed up, notice the label on the box… Sigh… It’s the left, they are always wandering off down different paths. … Continue reading

Here comes the weather…

The standard joke in Texas is if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes and it’ll change… It’s taking a little more than five minutes, but it was 65 yesterday morning, and this morning it’s 36. And it’s supposed … Continue reading

Things are coming together…

Finally back on line with the regular computer… It was just a question of finding the ‘right’ box that had the mouse in it… How the hell I managed to get computer stuff across THREE @#$%$ boxes is beyond me. … Continue reading

Merry Christmas!!!

I wish each of you joy and happiness in this holiday season. Enjoy the time with family and friends. Please take a moment and remember those who serve, not only the military; but the law enforcement, fire and EMS personnel … Continue reading

Twas the night before Christmas…

Jeff MacNelly was a friend of the military, and especially of the Navy.  He did a number of ‘special’ cartoons over the years for those of us who served… This is one of my favorites…  Sadly he passed way too … Continue reading

Almost Christmas…

The tree is up and the package is wrapped… Done… 🙂   And my apologies to my friends and family, I can’t find the Christmas cards, the address books, or anything else… So please use this card in lieu of … Continue reading