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“We send our little Indian boys and girls to school, and when they come back talking English, they come back swearing.  There is no swear word in the Indian languages, and I haven’t yet learned to swear.” Gertrude S. Bonnin … Continue reading →

Story Time: In Sept. 1963 I was a ‘New Kid’ at General H.H. Arnold HS, Wiesbaden, Germany.  Sitting against the wall that first morning I was scared sh*tless. One person ‘reached out’ to me, Dana Shumard.  I don’t know why … Continue reading →

Why would a father ever want to hit a kid like this?  

This is a series of pictures taken of Dear Leader at Nelson Mandela’s state funeral.  It sure doesn’t look very “Presidential” to me… This guy is truly a ‘sham.’  I hope I am still alive when it all comes down…

I woke up New Year’s Day on 2010 and just laid there for a bit.  I was waiting for my wife (Wife 2.0) to wake.  It wasn’t long before she began to stir so I said, “Welcome to ‘two thousand, … Continue reading →

My 2014 New Year’s Resolution is rather simple, for I am a ‘humble’ man. I resolve to meet the first item on my Bucket List this year:  That of being hauled into Sister Pat’s office (at Noah’s school) and asked … Continue reading →

There is a rule in woodworking, and I suspect in other genres of creation – the rule of: “There is Always One.”  I think it an ancient rule.  Simply what this means is, if you are engaged in a project … Continue reading →

One year Santa is forced to have an official from the FAA check his sleigh, to make sure it’s airworthy.  The official checks out the sleigh on the ground then settles in beside Santa for a test flight.  Suddenly Santa … Continue reading →

About a year or two after 9/11 I had my little bitty Swiss Army knife confiscated by the TSA at Security one morning… Now to put this in perspective, by FAA regulation, we carry a crash ax in the cockpit… … Continue reading →