March 2010 - Argghhh!

Since I once promised not to relate any Irish jokes here because it wouldn’t be fair (John can only retaliate with “old” jokes, and I already have the lock on those), and I have to contribute *something* to keep BCR from sticking my picture on a milk carton from gaining the reputation as a slacker.Now, for those – okay, both – of you who have been on tenterhooks wondering if I got back in one piece from my Winter Vacation – I did.For those of you who have been...

I wonder whether this will garner him the CIB. Boq

...why the IRS feels the need to have shotguns for their ASSWIPR* teams. But, I don't understand the need for the Department of Education to have combat shotguns . Of course, I'm not all that sure I understand the need for a cabinet-level Department of Education, but that's a different rant. Hey, I thought we were all about zero-tolerance when it comes to guns in education?

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

Or how $100 turns into $4,000, which is still better than $20,000.... So, being the Good Husband, there I am a couple of months ago, standing in Hancock Fabrics looking Not Bored while SWWBO does whatever it is she was doing. Then she sees it.The table.On sale.Only $100 for a hobby table. Be still my beating heart.I see her drooling and say, "Oh, g'wan, ya know ya want to." Trust me, I know what I'm doing here.And she does. Get it.After I load it into the vehicle and we're motoring...

There are four Medals awarded for actions on this day. One each during the Indian Campaigns, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Two were posthumous.Indian Campaigns - doing what now might well be a Posse Comitatus violation.WILSON, WILLIAMRank and organization: Sergeant, Company I, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Colorado Valley, Tex., 28 March 1872. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth: Philadelphia, Pa. Date of issue: 27 April 1872. Second award. Citation: In pursuit of a band of cattle...

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.