The Flight Deck

My blog perusing is fairly limited and began when I was referred to Lex’s place and I spent the better part of three weeks reading every thing on it. OK I’m obsessive that way. Well my one and only daughter, of whom I am very proud, has started her own blog and seems to be [...]

http://www.proposition317.com/ is where Guinness is gathering signatures to make St. Patrick’s Day an official time-off-of-work holiday. Yeah, because without a day off millions of Americans wouldn’t go to their favorite watering hole to celebrate the occassion. Still, in principle I’m in favor of taking a day off in early spring and spending it with a Guinness.  [...]

Being, like all good denizens who inhabit The Flight Deck, a loyal fan of Rhythms, I was just wondering …  How much would you pay for what appears to be the civillian version of a Barney Clark?  I dunno …. looks a little pricey to me. Too bad, so close and yet so far away… Bookmark [...]

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Our forces are doing “good” – meaning both well and the right thing, and they are by no means “safe” just yet. I was forwarded the following message from a dear friend of a dear friend, this beautiful and quiet Thanksgiving Day. Along with Unkawill’s post, it is time for us to pause and think of those more [...]

I came across the strangest thing** in our local [read very very local] newspaper yesterday. For some strange reason, it immediately made me  think of Lex. And seeing as posting on TFD has been a bit sparse lately …. well, enjoy, if you have a mind to it.  It looks to me like a nice [...]

Hey everybody, Just a note to let y’all know I’m doing OK. I have been in Indoc/training since the 7th. It is somewhat on the warm side over here, with daytime temp’s @ 125-130. I have been drinking copious amounts of water and gatoraid. The chow is excellent! All you can eat, and much better [...]

The fine folks over at the Smoking Gun have taken a break from collecting celebrity mug shots and outrageous concert riders to provide us all with a fascinating look at what soldiers think of the new Meals, Ready-To-Eat (MREs).  According to the website, the Army tested several new MREs on 400 solders stationed in Alaska, and [...]

Thanks for the kind inquiries about my Jello popcorn, I made up 75 baggies for the troop boxes this week, and finally, toward the end, figured out the best way to do it, isn’t that always the way?  But for those who just want to make one batch, the recipe follows.  I made this for [...]

It’s Thursday and the weather guessers are predicting 10-14 inches of snow. So, what better thing to do than rustle up a great big ol’ pot of homemade vegetable soup. Not that I’m a vegetarian you understand. Just need something soul satisfying and belly fillin’. If your interested, the recipe follows: 4 meaty beef neck [...]