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“I was drafted into the Marine Corps on October 26, 1945, and I served the Corps faithfully and proudly for twenty-one years.  I moved more than twenty times and I attended eleven schools in twelve years.  My job was to … Continue reading →

This comes from a report on “The Daily Caller,” by Neil Munro on 11/2/2013.  He in turn, quotes a New York Times article on the same subject.  Okay… Is ‘Dear Leader’ a moron?  I do not think we need to … Continue reading →

When I talk to “new kids” in the program of recovery (from alcoholism) I frequently use a lesson I was taught early on – to give them an idea what they are up against in the beginning.  What I do … Continue reading →

I grew up listening to Paul Harvey, and I miss him… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sillEgUHGC4 He expresses my values so much better than anyone else we have on the scene today…

When I was a kid, when we got sick, Mom took us in to the Clinic on base, and we were ‘fixed.’  And that was that.  Today it is quite different. Just after I retired in 2006, I broke my … Continue reading →

I hold bankers right down there with used car dealers, land developers and politicians in the ‘food chain’ of professions.  They fall somewhat below hookers… On Saturday I took a year’s worth of coins I had collected in 2012 to … Continue reading →

Have you ever been in a VFW?  Or perhaps, an American Legion?  The bars in there are really quite a bit the same. When you walk in, it’s usually dark.  And you will typically find one long bar, with at … Continue reading →

In 1988, just after retiring, I was out in my garage looking for something, or another.  Otherwise I wouldn’t have been out there.  In my search I came across of a box of ‘Dear Ole Dad’s’ military stuff.  “What a … Continue reading →

…to outsmart a chicken! When I retired in 2006, I began raising brown-egg chickens.  Why?  Because I just like doing raising brown-egg chickens… A laying chicken is only productive for 2 years or so.  After that, a hen will continue … Continue reading →

Every year now I make Lebkuchen cookies sometime in the first week of December.  Before I began making them in 1998, Mom used to make them every year – and before her, Gram would make them.  They are somewhat ‘labor … Continue reading →