"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." —Mark Twain
What’s going on in my life
I plan to retire at the end of the month and go on Social Security. This morning my financial advisor suggested I put off retirement until the economy recovers. My first thought? If I don’t go on Social Security now — now as in before the end of this year if not sooner — Social […]
I was fascinated by this exchange during Katie Couric’s interview of Sarah Palin the other night: Couric: Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians? Palin: We have trade missions back and forth, we do. It’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia. As Putin rears […]
I added a new item to the right sidebar . . . my retirement countdown! Thirty days of work remaining as of today!
In an earlier post, I promised to tell you about our resident spy at Soesterberg Air Base in The Netherlands. His name was Jack van Beek, but we called him Jack the Clock. I honestly don’t know that he was our resident spy, but everyone knew there was a resident spy, and most of us […]
Donna and I went riding with friends this morning in Green Valley, a retirement community 20 miles south of Tucson. I’m glad I had the digital camera in my fanny pack, because this sign cried out for documentation: This long shot doesn’t show it well, but when you’re looking at the “buttes” with your own […]
When I told my son I wasn’t going to vote for John McCain, he said, “But he was a fighter pilot. And a POW!” Meaning, I suppose, that McCain just has to be my kind of candidate. I understand the fighter pilot part. Indeed, my ideal candidate would have served in the military. If he or […]
Yup, I got one. From my good Facebook friend Barry Obama. I knew, before almost anyone else, that he had picked Joe Biden as his running mate. Because, you see, I’m an FOB. Or should that be FFOB? I don’t want to jinx the deal by talking about it, but I’ll share this with you […]
We decided skip our weekly bicycle ride this morning and go hiking instead. Sabino Canyon, if you take the paved trail in and out, is sort of a hybrid hike . . . it’s good exercise but not killer exercise. We figured it’d be an easy stroll, about four miles up a paved trail then […]