• Home
  • About
  • Air-Minded Index
  • Half-Mind Index
  • Admin

Paul's Thing

"Your one-stop source for improper ideology and freedom seeds."

Category: Personal

What’s going on in my life

  • Personal
  • Page 25

Way Down Upon the Swanee River …

Posted on February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 by Paul Woodford

The title of this post is, of course, from Stephen Foster’s song, “Old Folks at Home.” Which is where we are, thank goodness.

Continue Reading
Posted in Consumerism, Personal, ProductsTagged PlanningForOurDotage, WheresMyDamnCard, ZuluTime1 Comment on Way Down Upon the Swanee River …

O, Say Can You Sing

Posted on February 15, 2023February 16, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Donna and I tuned in late to the Super Bowl and missed the national anthem. Both of them.

Continue Reading
Posted in Consumerism, Cooking, Culture Wars, Current Events, Flying, Personal, Social MediaTagged AnthemsForAll, ScrewingThePooch, Vday2 Comments on O, Say Can You Sing

Fox Two, Pop One

Posted on February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 by Paul Woodford

The F-22 Raptor, originally meant to replace the F-15 Eagle, has finally scored an air-to-air kill.

Continue Reading
Posted in Air-Minded, Current Events, Flying, Military, Personal, WordsTagged APStylebook, FourMoreBalloonsAndYoureAnAce, HowDoYouSpellBalloonAnyway, LanguagePolice, Othering, RaptorGetsAKill6 Comments on Fox Two, Pop One

Air-Minded: First Blooding

Posted on January 29, 2023May 14, 2024 by Paul Woodford

“Captain Woodford, please pick up a white courtesy phone.” Well, that couldn’t be good, could it?

Continue Reading
Posted in Air-Minded, Flying, Military, PersonalTagged #FlyingSafety, #MishapInvestigation, #ShrimpBoat, #Soesterberg7 Comments on Air-Minded: First Blooding

Ribbons & Bows

Posted on January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Starting to look like 2023 is the Year of Taking Inventory around here. I’m not going to read too much into that thought.

Continue Reading
Posted in Flying, Military, Personal, ScrapbookingTagged #CareerMemorabilia, UniformBling2 Comments on Ribbons & Bows

Soak ‘Em? I Flushed ‘Em!

Posted on January 20, 2023April 1, 2023 by Paul Woodford

No InstaPot shortcuts for this guy! No InstaPot either …

Continue Reading
Posted in Consumerism, Cooking, Military, Personal, Scrapbooking, Social MediaTagged BeansBeansTheMusicalFruit, DonnaNeedsANewDrug, I_Quit, MoreSwag, WashYourFilthyHands2 Comments on Soak ‘Em? I Flushed ‘Em!

Round Dials

Posted on January 18, 2023January 18, 2023 by Paul Woodford

In my day, aircraft instrument panels came with round dials, and lots of ’em.

Continue Reading
Posted in Consumerism, Flying, Military, Personal, ProductsTagged BigSeikoLittleDick, SteamPoweredAviation, TeamAnalog2 Comments on Round Dials

The Way of Water

Posted on January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 by Paul Woodford

This is one of those situations where I want to jump up and do something, but have to be patient instead.

Continue Reading
Posted in Consumerism, Critters, History, Personal, Social MediaTagged Germanica, IndoorFlooding, MLK, PuppyPads, WhatWeTalkAboutWhenWeTalkAboutTheWeather2 Comments on The Way of Water

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

IMG_8193

Howdy! I'm Paul, and this is my blog. It's the best blog. You can buy me a cup of joe if you agree!

Search Paul’s Thing
September 2025
S M T W T F S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  
« Aug    
Recent Posts
  • Wednesday Bag o’ Hot Takes
  • Air-Minded: Dirty Tricks & Flyovers
  • You Load Sixteen Tons, What Do You Get?
  • Biscuits & Gravy, Yum
  • Male Adornment
Recent Comments
  • GHAD, Jolly Collier, Oldbury – The Endless British Pub Crawl Goes Fourth on SA In the Shiggy
  • Tod on Air-Minded: Give Me Some Incentive, Part II (Updated 8/16/25)
  • Tom Tarka on Air-Minded: Give Me Some Incentive, Part II (Updated 8/16/25)
  • David on Air-Minded: Give Me Some Incentive, Part II (Updated 8/16/25)
  • David on You Can’t Read That!
Categories
Archives
Blogroll
  • Paul's Cooking Blog: Crouton's Kitchen
  • Paul's Diaries on Daily Kos
  • Paul's Instagram
Admin Panel
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Copyright
 

© 2004-2025 Paul Woodford. All rights reserved.

WordPress Theme: Blogdot by TwoPoints.