Author Archives: Bobo

Recovery – A 6-Pack of Borden’s Light…

Posted on 16/03/2013 by Bobo

Early on, in one of my counseling sessions, my counselor asked me what my ‘drug of choice’ was.  Bud Light.  She then asked me how much I typically drank, when I drank – and I told her. “Why do you … Continue reading →

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 18

Posted on 16/03/2013 by Bobo

“There are no ceremonies to mark the end of our career as military brats either.  We simply walk out into our destinies, into the dead center of our lives, and try to make the most of it.  After my own … Continue reading →

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 17

Posted on 16/03/2013 by Bobo

“When my mother left my father, she found, to her great distress, that she was leaving the protective embrace of the Corps that she’d served for more than thirty years.  She was shaken and disbelieving when a divorce court granted … Continue reading →

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A Blood-curdling Scream in the Night…

Posted on 15/03/2013 by Bobo

We used to take the kids and camp on the Guadalupe River, just East of San Antonio.  We would head out there on a Friday afternoon, set up camp at Zip’s and just enjoy the weekend.  Often there were several … Continue reading →

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 16

Posted on 15/03/2013 by Bobo

“I had already begun the first chapters of The Great Santini.  I wrote about a seventeen-year-old boy, a military brat who’d spent his whole life smiling and pretending that he was the happiest part of a perfect, indivisible American family.  … Continue reading →

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Introduction to “Military Brats” – 15

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Bobo

(I know this ‘thread’ is getting a bit ‘lengthy’ here, but I didn’t write the Introduction!  LOL). “In 1972, my book The Water is Wide came out when I was living in the Beaufort, South Carolina.  It was not the … Continue reading →

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Well, Duh!

Posted on 14/03/2013 by Bobo

“Multi-Mission T-X?:  The Air Force may want to add another mission for the T-X trainer that Air Education and Training Command wants to replace the T-38, said Lt. Gen. Michael Moeller, who heads the strategic plans and programs office (A8) … Continue reading →

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Just Take Me to Jail…

Posted on 13/03/2013 by Bobo

A North Dakota State trooper pulled a car over on the Interstate, a little bit east of the North Dakota/Montana State line. When the trooper asked the driver why he was speeding, the driver said he was a Magician and … Continue reading →

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And What Is Your Expression for Getting Drunk?

Posted on 13/03/2013 by Bobo

Ever thought about all the various expressions we hear for ‘getting drunk?’  Think about them… An exercise I use in my lectures is to ask folks how they express ‘getting drunk’ themselves.  Not necessarily after a night of “having a … Continue reading →

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LaQuinta Inn?

Posted on 12/03/2013 by Bobo

Ever wonder what ‘LaQuinta’ means in Spanish? ‘Next to Denney’s,’ of course….

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