I want to take a minute and wish each and everyone a Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2009! Regardless of how bad we percieve things to be, we are still looking down at the daisies, not up at them; … Continue reading
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From Fleet Week 2008 at San Francisco- Not quite supersonic (761.2 mph), he was doing 650 kts indicated, which is 748.5 mph give or take… On the third pass, he was 23 feet off the water, good thing he had … Continue reading
Found a couple more y’all might enjoy (or not)… There were a few other folks out there… You, 63, pick it up… Get in line there shipmate… 🙂 View from the bridge of a RAS being done just ahead, with … Continue reading
NICS checks are up… WAY up… Background checks on the sale of firearms reached record levels during the month of November. Data from the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show a 42 percent increase in November firearm … Continue reading
Afganistan Shrugged is written by one of the folks out on the pointy end… Worth stopping by and you will find yourself reading back through the archives!Go read today’s post about the latest insult from the Onion, and go send … Continue reading
A few pics of life at sea… Underway replenishment at sea, better known as RAS- Two ships separated by 100 feet or less, moving at 15-16 knots, this takes a LOT of seamanship to do, especially in bad weather. A … Continue reading
FINALLY finished the det I’ve been on, and headed home, just a 12 hour flight left…A few more insult to injury laughs…Zero dark 30 order and the greasy spoon at the flight line, been in since 0300, hungry, out of … Continue reading
On the 12th day of the Eurocentrically imposed midwinter festival, my Significant Other in a consenting adult monogamous relationship gave to me:~ TWELVE males reclaiming their inner warrior through ritual drumming,~ ELEVEN pipers piping (plus the 18-member pit orchestra made … Continue reading
Never Forget- Two cousins lie there today… Nuff said… … Continue reading
BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II US Ranked 4thAfter determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World … Continue reading