Argghhh!

The Medal opens on this day during the Civil War:FOUT, FREDERICK W.Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 15th Battery, Indiana Light ArtilleryPlace and date: Near Harpers Ferry, W. Va., 15 September 1862Entered service at: Indianapolis, Ind.Date of issue: 2 November 1896Citation: Voluntarily gathered the men of the battery together, remanned the guns, which had been ordered abandoned by an officer, opened fire, and kept up the same on the enemy until after the surrender.Next it shows up during...

Getting in that last nap before it starts to get noisy...[This pic will embiggen.]Meet Bibi, which stands for "*** in the Basement" which is what the Auld Soldier's Lady Wife named her, back in the day. Service spouses can be salty crew. Bibi lives down to her name - and the name labels the behavior, it didn't create it. This window is the Armorer's view of the world as be blogs - hence my somewhat fuzzy view of the world... Mebbe a sponge is in order there. Naaaaaaaaaaah.Soon...

I have no idea what's being said. I have no idea how that thing got there. I suspect it was tossed from the stands and malfunctioned. But second time was a charm.

...and in a far more powerful cartridge than the ugly little black gun uses. In 1918.

The US launches their own "Vergeltungswaffe" (Vengeance Weapon) - BB 62, USS New Jersey. Launched into the Delaware River from the Philadelphia Navy Yard on December 7, 1942, one year to the day, from the surprise Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the U. S. S. New Jersey served in the Pacific from January 1944 until the close of WWII. Decommissioned for the last time in 1991, the New Jersey is the nation's most decorated battleship, with nineteen Battle and Campaign Stars, and...

...say from Omaha to Jeff City and beyond, and you'd like to see the flood maps your county and city emergency management officials are watching... click here for the Kansas City District Office of the US Army Corps of Engineers . The Castle isn't under any looming threat, that would take a flood of bibilical proportion, but it's a very interesting example of something computers do well, and that the internet makes easy to access. If you really want to get your geek on - use these links...

Oh, FFS. The Stupid is Strong in these folks.