Argghhh!

...anybody excited about any of the people running? Yeah, I'm on leave, and bored. Well, until SWWBO notices my availability - then things will change. I might still be bored, but I will be busy.

... can't remember around who's neck he hung the Medal of Honor, vice who's parents he gave it to, and the fact we're getting serious talk that the only thing wrong with the previous stimulus packages were that they weren't big enough... because that's the only possible reason the stimulus didn't work, aside from the fact we weasel bastards aren't doing our bit and just spending everything we have, this quote from Samuel Clemens resonates loudly: "Sometimes I...

Wow - if true, a two-fer! US forces reputedly are in possession of a dead Osama bin Laden . And NATO apparently managed to nail Qaddaffi's son . Some good news. Yay.

In yesterday's now-deleted post (no, not a subject I care to revisit here) Bill had a comment that the gnomes sequestered, regarding this picture:

80 acre former dairy farm: $300K Herd of goats: $400 plus some years of breeding. Custom-made Adirondack glider to relax in: $500 Realization that all you've done is build a goat spa and you're staff : Priceless

There are five Medals awarded for actions on this day. We start with the Civil War, the battles of Weldon Railroad, and Saint Mary's (Samaria) Church. We discussed Weldon Railroad yesterday, a 5 day fight in 1864 where Grant was trying to isolate Lee's army in Petersburg from its supply base to the west. First up is a pretty classic Civil War medal for capturing an enemy color. HUGHES, OLIVER Rank and organization: Corporal, Company C, 12th Kentucky Infantry. Place and date: At Weldon Railroad...

Something new has been added -- see the ad for My Bullet in the sidebar?I am in the unique position of being able to tell you that it's a genuine Good Deal. I know the product, and I know one of the guys who owns the company -- LTC (Ret) Paul Spangler's a fellow Viet vet Army Aviator (okay, he mostly flew fixed wing, part of an outfit that Wasn't There and did things You Can't Prove). Ya see, when Spanky (we call him Spanky on the Viet vet Aviation forum) got the idea for My Bullet...