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11/17/11--14:30: With a Crowbar (chan 1853743)

That is the sarcastic answer to an ancient question lately revised in the matter of the Penn State University athletic department having enabled a coach to serially molest young boys for decades – the question being, ‘How you separate the … Continue reading →


11/17/11--14:30: Gone with the Wurst! (chan 1853743)

We went to Wurstfest in New Braunfels this last weekend, to celebrate all things Germanic. I posted the pics in a Facebook album here – enjoy! And no, I don’t have a recipe for the German Taco … I would … Continue reading →


11/17/11--14:30: Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Great Uncle Will (chan 1853743)

(A repost from the archives, for today) It is a sad distinction, to be the first in three generations to visit France while on active duty in the service of your country, and to be the first to actually live … Continue reading →


11/17/11--14:30: We would also like a cookie (chan 1853743)

We demand a vapid, condescending, meaningless, politically safe response to this petition. It’s not The Onion.  It’s at whitehouse.gov. You should sign this.  Cross posted to Space For Commerce.


11/17/11--14:30: I’m Still Here (chan 1853743)

Just one of those things – slammed with some work projects, some book projects, a new book project – for pay, yet! – and preparing for a Christmas Fair in New Braunfels on Saturday … which, since the box of … Continue reading →


12/05/11--20:05: Shoot em all let the judge sort it out (chan 1853743)

… cops in Cobb County, Ga. — one of the wealthiest and most educated counties in the U.S. — now have an amphibious tank. The picture shows an LVTP-7, with Marines and gear hanging out all over it.  It’s not … Continue reading →


12/06/11--09:55: A Bleg and a Business Proposal (chan 1853743)

I’ve long been kicking around the notion of a German translation of my books, especially the Adelsverein Trilogy – since that story has to do with German immigrants to the Texas frontier, and the Wild, Wild West as a concept … Continue reading →


12/06/11--10:10: Jumping the Shark (chan 1853743)

I was always a bit cynical about the major media news organs, thanks to twenty years in military public affairs, and the related field of military broadcasting. That is, I didn’t expect much of the poor darlings when it came … Continue reading →


12/06/11--10:10: Shoot em all let the judge sort it out (chan 1853743)

… cops in Cobb County, Ga. — one of the wealthiest and most educated counties in the U.S. — now have an amphibious tank. The picture shows an LVTP-7, with Marines and gear hanging out all over it.  It’s not … Continue reading →


12/06/11--10:10: A Bleg and a Business Proposal (chan 1853743)

I’ve long been kicking around the notion of a German translation of my books, especially the Adelsverein Trilogy – since that story has to do with German immigrants to the Texas frontier, and the Wild, Wild West as a concept … Continue reading →


12/06/11--10:10: Temporarily Lost My Cookies (chan 1853743)

Yep … Sgt Mom has had to upgrade to a totally new, just out of the box computer. My semi-sort-of-old one died, after becoming more and more unstable and noisy … plus, it was a Windows XP, which Joe computer … Continue reading →


12/06/11--10:10: Disposable (chan 1853743)

We live in a fairly OK suburban neighborhood on the north-east side of town – working class to middle-class, well-kept small house, with lots of military and retired military, being convenient to Randolph AFB, Fort Sam Houston and Brooke Army … Continue reading →


12/13/11--08:04: Vader, did you know? (chan 1853743)

A Star Wars take on a popular Christmas tune.  Very ingenious, I think  


12/20/11--14:56: Remembering Spain (chan 1853743)

This year, my mother has decided to break the family custom for Christmas and send an actual, delivered by UPS present, in a large carton which arrived on the doorstep Friday morning. We don’t know quite why she decided to … Continue reading →


12/20/11--15:05: Miss Us? (chan 1853743)

Apparently, we were hijacked by some spam-originator, which resulted in trouble with the host for the Brief … and what with one thing and another, it took most of the weekend to get it straightened out. As if having to … Continue reading →


12/23/11--09:58: Nork (chan 1853743)

I did a tour in Korea in 1993-94, which hardly makes me an expert on the place, seeing that I have that in common with a fair number of Army and Air Force personnel over the past half-century plus. Reading … Continue reading →


12/24/11--09:06: For Christmas 2011 (chan 1853743)

One of my favorite Christmas carol videos - And from A Festival of Lessons and Carols, from Cambridge, England …


12/24/11--21:42: Merry Christmas! (chan 1853743)

Flash Mob in a mall food court sings Hallelujah Chorus     Everyone living in my house hopes that everyone living in your houses has a wonderful holiday season and that 2012 will be your best year yet.


12/28/11--10:19: Killing History (chan 1853743)

It sounds like a perfectly impractical and even risible notion – to remove the Pyramids of Giza from the view of the righteous by covering them with wax. Good heavens, what would happen on the first hot day of summer, … Continue reading →


01/12/12--13:16: One More Time (chan 1853743)

Another unfortunate break in service – the hosting service for this blog didn’t tell me that the domain name was due for renewal until the day before it expired … and I couldn’t afford to renew until I got an … Continue reading →