40 years ago today - 3 June 1967 - I was married to the girl I met on a blind date in September of my freshman year of college. I spent the entire date talking about my high school sweetheart and how we would be married after I graduated. We even had names for the first two children picked out. Silly me. 44 years later I am still married to the ( Read more... )

Please take a moment sometime today to think of all those who gave their lives fighting for what they were all told was best for our country.

The latest count in Iraq is 3455 and increasing at a rae of 3.38 / day since the buildup began. source http://icasualties.org/oif/

40 years ago today, May 27, 1967,I received my BS from Iowa State University in Ames IA. That was followed by My Commissioning as an Ensign in the United States Navy. This was followed by a trip to the NROTC building to turn in my last few text books. There I received my first official salute as an officer and paid my traditional silver dollar to ( Read more... )

Today - may 2007 - Driving a 10 year old wheelchair car, but it only has 32,000 miles on it so I see no need to update it yet. Paying the cable company $200/month, but that includes unlimited calling throughout North America, Internet for the 4 or 5 computers I normally have running around the house, and high def TV including a couple of DVRs. I ( Read more... )

I'm really only 30 -- born feb 15 1977

The leader of the development team for FORTRAN, John Backus, has died :( http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/20/0223234&from=rssRead more... )

Not a notable mark but I've been thinking about some of the notable things that I remember that many of you only saw in history books ( Read more... )

Pop that out of your hole!

3000, dead as of today :( gw will probably send more troops for targets. This reminds me of an old comedy bit by the two Ronnies. If you can't get the job done, put more men on the job.

OH, and Merry Christmas, Happy Chunacha (can't even get close enough for the spell checker there ;), Joyful Kwanzaa and Everything else :)

Only a week to prepare for the sudden dawning of 2007