Monthly Archives: July 2009

July 13, 2009

A Trip to the Home World, Tithing on the Speed Limit, a Tooth Joins the Ranks of the Undead and a Giant No Hitter

Yesterday we made a trip back to my family’s home world, also known as Huntington West Virginia. As far as home worlds go it is probably on no one’s top ten lists, probably ranking about as high as Qo’noS, the … Continue reading →

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Tagged as aaron rowland, alameda naval air station, autobahns, Baseball, candlestick park, clinical pastoral education, cpe residency, dodgers, ed halicki, errors, france, gps, hrbt, huntington wv, i-64, international league, ireland, jonathan sanchez, juan uribe, klingon home world, long beach ca, los angeles, marshall universit football plane crash, marshall university, motrin, national league, navy, new york mets, norfolk tides, oak harbor wa, oak knoll naval hospital, oakland ca, parkland memorial hospital, philadelphia phillies, Qo'noS, radar detectors, root canal, san fransisco giants, scotland, tooth aches, ultram, we are marshall, west virginia

July 12, 2009

Going to War: Wills, Living Wills, Immunizations Gone Bad and Christmas in July

This is part three in my “Going to War” series. Previous parts are noted here: Part One:Going to War: Reflections on My Journey to Iraq and Back- Part One Past Two: Going to War: Interlude July 4th 2007 One of the sobering … Continue reading →

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Tagged as anthrax vaccine, Baseball, ben stein, coma, deployment, elaine benes, eod, hospital corpsmen, immunizations, iraq, jerry seinfeld, karen anne quinlan, kramer, living wills, naval mobilization processing site, navy chaplain, norfolk naval station, portsmouth naval medical center, powers of attorney, seinfeld, september 11th 2001, st brides episcopal church, terri shaivo, weaponized anthrax, wills

July 11, 2009

Pondering the Imponderables of National Security Leaks and Condiments

There are times when try as we might the deepest secrets of national security are made know. Such was the case last week when the wife of Britain’s MI-16 spy service posted photos of the reclusive spymaster in his Speedo … Continue reading →

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Tagged as agent scully, al qaida, bible prophecy, burger king, catsup packets, condiments, del monte catsup, deutsch mark, euro, facebook, federal government, great depression, heinz catsup, hunt's catsup, john kerry, left behind novels, mcdonald's, mi-16, militia movement, national security, speedo, teresa heinz kerry, the late great planet earth, weimar republic, wendy's, world economy, x-files

July 10, 2009

Brothers to the End…the Bond between those Who Serve Together in Unpopular Wars

This story shall the good man teach his son; And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of … Continue reading →

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Tagged as afghanistan, al anbar province, al qaida, algeria, asymmetrical threats, band of brothers, fob, french indochina, gulf war, henry v, hummv, icu, ied, improvised explosive devise, iraq, kuwait, PTSD, rpg, sadaam hussein, the greatest generation, traumatic brain injury, united nations sanctions, veterans, victory parades, vietnam war, war on terror, we happy few we band of brothers, world war two

July 9, 2009

Visiting the Super Holy International Temple: The Ten Pretty Good Suggestions

I was visiting the Super Holy International Temple a few weeks back when I had a revelation…well maybe not exactly a revelation but a somewhat differently inspired inspirational moment of unquestionable inspiration. Or maybe it was just my mind was … Continue reading →

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Filed under Baseball, Loose thoughts and musings, philosophy, PTSD, Religion

Tagged as 23rd psalm, acts of god, artificial turf, attacks of satan, baseball fields, chicago cubs, christian faith, composite bats, dodgers, global warming, god, God's will, gordon biersch, insomina, metal bats, PTSD, san fransisco giants, satan, the devil, the fall of man, why bad things happen to good people

July 8, 2009

Sometimes You Wanna go Where Everybody Knows Your Name

The hit long running comedy Cheers set in Boston Bar is something that I have grown to appreciate more and more throughout the years. It comes from the community of disparate people who find refuge in that bar each with … Continue reading →

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Tagged as Baseball, black episcopalians, bosnia operation, cheers, civil war, community, gordon biersch, hampton roads, harbor park, icu, iraq, norfolk tides, picu, PTSD, slavery, st james episcpal church, where everybody knows your name

July 7, 2009

Implants? On my 13th Anniversary of Being a Priest…What’s up with that?

I found out today that I’m going to get an implant….and I can’t believe it. And I find out about this on the 13th anniversary of being ordained as a Priest and I was not a happy camper. The dentist … Continue reading →

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July 6, 2009

Discerning the Second Coming: The Cubs are the Key

This is a modified re-post of something that I did when I first started posting to this site. At the time I had very few readers and this post was buried so far back that it was pretty much forgotten, … Continue reading →

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July 5, 2009

Manny, A-Rod and Barry: How the Media and Government Selectively Target Ballplayers or Don’t

I love baseball as a game. The Deity herself speaks to me through baseball. While baseball to use the words of George Will is “Heaven’s gift to mortals” it is played, managed and judged by fallen humanity…thanks so much Adam … Continue reading →

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July 4, 2009

Going to War: Interlude July 4th 2007

This is the second installment of my account of my account of mine and RP2 Nelson Lebron’s deployment to Iraq in 2007. Our mobilization proceeded the next couple of days as we received our immunizations, were issued DCUs and other … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: July 2009

A Trip to the Home World, Tithing on the Speed Limit, a Tooth Joins the Ranks of the Undead and a Giant No Hitter

Going to War: Wills, Living Wills, Immunizations Gone Bad and Christmas in July

Pondering the Imponderables of National Security Leaks and Condiments

Brothers to the End…the Bond between those Who Serve Together in Unpopular Wars

Visiting the Super Holy International Temple: The Ten Pretty Good Suggestions

Sometimes You Wanna go Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Implants? On my 13th Anniversary of Being a Priest…What’s up with that?

Discerning the Second Coming: The Cubs are the Key

Manny, A-Rod and Barry: How the Media and Government Selectively Target Ballplayers or Don’t

Going to War: Interlude July 4th 2007

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