Lt. Col Jesse Hornsby, US Army retired, passed away last week. Not a name that likely means anything to most reading, but to a bunch of Girl Scouts on a warm Texas day, he was the man that opened their eyes to how science is fun. Around here they affectionately called him The Rocket Man. He was a rare treasure in this world, a man who gave of ( Read more... )

I feel tired and, yet, it seems to early to sleep Yes, I know.. crazy.

Saturday, the cable and internet were in and out for a couple hours as well as burping a lot today. I suspect it had to do with this http://www.kwtx.com/news/headlines/6071021.html Thankfully, there were no deaths or serious injuries. We saw the backfire that was set up along ( Read more... )

Today is Veteran's Day. A day for remembering and being thankful for the sacrifices made on our behalf by the men and women that have served in the Armed Forces. Nanny used to refer to this day as Armistice Day, until I was older, I didn't know why. When you are a kid, what you understand most is ... day off from school. Armistice Day commemorates ( Read more... )

I have several jokes and things to post to fill in the gaps in this journal ( Read more... )

Any of you that have received the following message, please do not, I repeat DO NOT pass it on.
Why? It contains false and or misleading information. Congress and the Senate DO PAY INTO THE SOCIAL SECURITY FUNDS and there's a little twist on their pension that some don't know about.  http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/pensions.asp

As for the ( Read more... )

I found a free download on Amazon of a song I heard a few weeks ago on Medium. Like a couple of other Allison Krause songs, it's a message song of sorts.

I've been writing a bit again. I write in navarra for most of my RP related stuff, I keep the rest elsewhere ( Read more... )

I need a vacation. I haven't had a real one since 1999.

However, that year I had two. One was to Europe with the family and the other was a brief vacation to see Jess graduate from one of her Naval schools.

Heat here is getting worse as we go.

Reading again. That is good.

10 things I've done that you probably haven't:

1. Toured Natural Bridge Caverns.
2. Lived in Germany for three years as a guest of Uncle Sam.
3. Met Lloyd Blankenship at Origins. ( I can see those that never heard of Steve Jackson Games going... WHOOOOOOOOO?)
4. Seen the tomb that's at Penn State University.
5. Seen the actual documents signed by members ( Read more... )

Had my last appointment with Dr. McAtee, today. The x-rays look great and you can hardly tell the one side of my ankle was broken. Some hospital in Oregon is gaining an excellent doctor. He's getting out of the Army and moving onward. I think he's one of the better surgeons I have encountered over the years. Straight forward and not giving false ( Read more... )

the pickings are slim ( Read more... )