Observations, Rants, Updates
I’m guessing this pilot’s pucker factor was off the charts.
Memorial Day Post
My grandfathers came home from the Great War. My father and his brothers all survived World War Two. I made it through the Cold War in one piece. All three generations of us knew plenty of comrades who didn’t, and we honor them today. This is a post I wrote on May 29, 2011, with […]
Show Me (the Way Outta Here)
So this popped up in yesterday’s news. Sure, shitbirds like this infest every state in the Union. My Show Me homies don’t have a lock on white supremacy and regressive thinking. But there are Red states and Redder states, and I sometimes hesitate before telling new acquaintances I’m from Missouri. Or that my home town, […]
Air-Minded: Speed Is Life … But How Much Speed? (Updated)
Last week, speaking at the Singapore Air Show, Boeing’s F-15EX program manager said the new version of the Eagle is capable of Mach 3 in a clean configuration. I questioned that claim, and did so publicly on social media.
Who’s That on the Roof?
Horrible things are happening to innocent people in Israel and Gaza. No more horrible than what’s happening to innocents in Ukraine and Yemen and I could go on, and one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter, but this is a time when sides must be taken and I take Israel’s.
22 YEARS LATER
Twenty-two years on, one scar’s still tender to the touch: the failure of our intelligence agencies and leadership to prevent an attack anyone could have seen coming (and many did, including me).
Tuesday Bag o’ This & That (Updated)
Hola, amigos! It’s been a while since I’ve posted a bag’s worth o’ miscellany.
A Soldier’s Letter Home, March 15, 1919
I have a German Caboose, it is quite a swell affair and I live right in it, so I am always at home.