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The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be: Happy End of the Old Year and a Better New Year
Happy New Year (Art by Judy) “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JAUWijM Well finally we come to the end of the year 2011. That being said we can … Continue reading
Filed under faith, History, Loose thoughts and musings
I Just Want to Thank Everyone that made this Night Necessary
I think that Yogi Berra said it the best when thanking people inSt. Louis when the city decided to honor him when the Yankees came into town in 1947. He meant to say “I just want to thank everyone that … Continue reading
Filed under Military, shipmates and veterans
Smaller than Life: The Thin Skinned, Petty, Small Minded and Visionless Political Elite and what we can do to Change the Political Culture
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not … Continue reading
Filed under History, leadership, Politics
3000 Plus 3: Jeter Goes 5 for 5 to Join Elite Club
3000 Photo credit: Barton Silverman/The New York Times http://sports.yahoo.com/video/player/mlb;_ylt=Aqi43ZhEeJLoj3clzah_58ypu7YF Derek Jeter joined the elite 3000 hit club going 5 for 5 against the Tampa Bay Rays. It was a remarkable performance. Jeter has struggled at the plate this year and … Continue reading
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“You can observe a lot just by watching” Yogi Berra….How PTSD has made me a lot more Observant
I love Yogi Berra quotes. Somehow so much of what he said, even most of the things that he never said really resonate with my warped mind. Somehow the illogical logic makes sense and I stop and say, damn…why didn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, PTSD, iraq,afghanistan, vietnam
Kira Gets Married, the June Swoon and the Rise and Fall of Stars
Kira Arriving escorted by her Proud Dad Tony After having to deal with what has seemed like and unending series a series of memorial services, funerals and family medical crisis’ I finally something to celebrate. Judy and I are going … Continue reading
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It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts-Thoughts on 26 Years of Commissioned Service
When I Knew Everything: Me in August 1983 following completion of the Medical Service Corps Officer Basic Course “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” Earl Weaver When I was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in … Continue reading
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D-1 Bobbing About, We Made Too Many Wrong Mistakes and Thank God for Good Managers
June 5th 1944 should have been D-Day. Instead because of a ferocious storm that descended across the English Channel it was a day from hell on the seas for the assault troops embarked aboard troop transports, landing ships and landing … Continue reading
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