"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
There’s always been a strong strain of puritanism in military leadership, perhaps nowhere stronger than in the U.S. Air Force. The latest expression of it is the outright banning of blogs and blogging on USAF computer networks, including USAF-operated internet cafes at bases worldwide. For years now, the USAF has filtered liberal and progressive web sites […]
Oh, my. One night in the squadron bar, another lieutenant colonel and I had a long, beer-fueled discussion about fellow F-15 pilots who’d died in crashes. The guys who didn’t eject in time. The guys who flew into the ground or water, or who were instantly killed in mid-air collisions. And we concluded that there […]
Anent the previous entry: It was such a great morning, we decided Donna needed a new bike. She has a fitting on Monday, and I’ll pick it up on my way home from work.
If updates have been sparse lately, it’s not due to laziness. I’ve started a new project for the Half-Mind Weblog, interviewing hashers who’ve had an influence of hashing and hashers. Hashing? Hashers? You can read about that here. Of course, non-hashing life goes on, and I need to get back to blogging about it. We’re […]
Well, that didn’t take long. When it comes to snow in Tucson, it’s easy come, easy go. And God, what a beautiful day it is today! Like all Arizona newcomers, we miss snow in the abstract, but not at all in the particular. Of course in four or five months, when it’s a hundred and […]
It’s creeping down the mountain toward us. Weather forecasters are hedging their bets. Maybe it’ll snow in Tucson, maybe not. I think it’s down about as far as it’ll get this year. I have plenty of time to observe the weather today. Donna and Polly are out shopping for paint, and normally I’d grab this […]
Last night I dreamed something was making noise just outside our front door. Thinking (in the dream) it might be a wild animal, I snuck up to the door and quickly threw it open. As it opened I saw something – a darkness in the darkness, human in size – just outside the door. It screamed […]
This is just shameful: British athletes are being forced to agree not to critize China during the Olympics. Well, why not? There’s ample precedent: Will our own athletes will be required to sign a similar contract? I wonder why the American media doesn’t cover stories like this. Credit where credit’s due: spotted at Unqualified Offerings.