January 2010 - Argghhh!

Depending on your proclivities... there's a nice picture of the Italian Centauro, there's a nice closeup of an Italian soldier... and then there's that *other* Italian soldier....

Before it is too late, let us learn from the devolution in the moral fibre of others...

Case and point on the inquisitive nature passivity of today's gum-shoe press political stenographers...

I've got a pretty good job, in that aside from the hard-date deliverables, time is pretty flexible, as long as the work gets done. Yesterday was one of those days where I actually had a "gotta be there at a certain time* meeting, with an officer of the firm I work for, to discuss an assessment I'm doing on one of their staff. We're a techie kind of firm, so we have an online tool for this. This tool is a little finicky, especially if you're not behind the corporate firewall ...

...and some thoughts on public affairs and how things are portrayed. An email from a Vietnam-era vet who is working aboard USNS Comfort.Sorry it’s been so long for an update but internet access has been non-existent on the ship. In fact as I’m typing this I still don’t have access but I wanted to catch some notes on my laptop and mail them as soon as I can. When I do send email, if you reply please delete all the text of the email I sent you to keep the message small. The bandwidth...

Coakley concedes.Princess Crabby, aka Boston Maggie, since I'm sure that your efforts delivered the Kennedy seat to Mr. Brown - you get one each hug and kiss on the cheek of your chosen duration.Those who know me know just what an award that is.Really....

I spent an hour writing a great post about this blogger's roundtable... and the computer ate it.Short version: It was a fascinating roundtable, Captain Bruce Lindsey sounds like a leader who loves and respects his sailors, the logistics of what is going on are impressive, and Americans should be very proud of their U.S. Navy personnel. Oh, and "Twiddah" made an appearance.Seriously, take the time to listen to this or read the transcript. It starts off a bit slow, but combined with the...

P*WNED Laugh all you want about the smallness of a .22 LR cartridge. But last week, it saved the lives of a family in Texas. Though the thugs managed to seriously injure the 9-year old in the family. Like the man of the family that he is, he shot back and put one of the criminals in the hospital. Your Second Ammendment at work. Story HERE and HERE . Boq