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Every other week or so, one of my two daughters will have some friend, or assortment of friends, over to the house for dinner and a sleep over. And if it is a friend who has not heard our ghost story, at some point during the evening meal, one of dmy daughters will look [...]  I’ve been wondering recently about the possibility of growing up. I spent 19 years flying fighters, and am deeply grateful for that opportunity. But it’s been a while, and so I’m now a “used to be,” and that has me pondering the great out there, not here. Today I played golf with the boss [...] The US Marine Corps is a proud fighting institution – I for one, am glad they are on our side. I would not like to fight against them, and I am proud to fight alongside them. Their credo is that every Marine is a rifleman, and they mean it. They don’t talk much about [...] Sometimes I wonder if the folks running NPR blush at the things their guests say on air. Today we had a guest from God knows where, promoting the urban lifestyle, and rating various cities based on “livability factors.” One of which was tolerance, measured by how many gays lived there. We actually scored pretty [...] When my son was only three or four years old, we rented “American Werewolf in London ” and brought it home to watch. I remembered the film as light-hearted and funny, never thinking for a moment what the impact might be of some of the gory stuff on a young mind – he was [...] Back in the late ’80s, part of our national strategy was to snuggle up a bit with Pakistan, as a way of balancing the Soviet presence in India. Pakistan at that point was at least nominally a democracy, and Benazir Bhutto (who had attended Harvard, by the way – she had been a classmate [...] On July 1st, 1914, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels published General Order No. 99, to wit: “The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any navy yard or station, is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the enforcement of [...] A new series, for Sunday evenings. “Times I Almost Died.” There are no lessons here. No larger truths. This will not change your world view. But I have a rather large store of aviation tales, stories wherein things could have gone very wrong, that will take the pressure off Sunday evenings for a while. [...] On July 1st, 1914, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels published General Order No. 99, to wit: “The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any navy yard or station, is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the enforcement of [...] You were wondering. Admit it, you were. And I didn’t disappoint! I’m having a martini as I write this. And I don’t care who knows it. Son number one’s gf, who’s IM includes the phrase “treehuggingfeminazi” is coming to dinner. With her mom. It’s an “event,” because while the gf and son number one [...] |
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