I’ve heard this song at parties but never knew there was a music video. Shopping at Sears will never be the same again…

This morning I finally got a hold of this retired Railroad police officer so I could buy some of his old gear. Steve and I ended up talking for a while about his old days compared to the maze I have to go through to start my career. He started policing in the 60’s before the Act 120 bill required training academy for police but he decided after the ( Read more... )

This morning I saw “Harry Potter and the goblet of fire” with good ol’ Diane. I must say that movie was another piece of cinematic magic ^__^. This movie will be added to the library when the DVD will be released. I was impressed the movie followed the book for the most part. With so much story to cover, the Quidditch world cup match was left out ( Read more... )

Survey with a twist

(  5 years ago )

On this day back in 1775, the Continental Congress authorized two battalions of American Marines. And today at academy, we celebrated the 250 year old birthday with cake cut with bayonets.

Happy Birthday to all the roughnecks


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Funny conversation from our pain compliance class a few days ago.

PPCT instructor [looking around for a volunteer]: Is there anyone in this class that pressure points don’t work on?

Me: KEENAN!!!

Keenan: NO! Oh god no!! They hurt fine on me!!  ... you’re dead, Nugent!

(  my silly interests )

I received this from a friend’s mass email and thought it was clever. Sooooo, here it is...

( Figure out your new name )

Today was our first day of driving and it was glorious. The course had 6 sections that all required us to drive as fast as the road conditions would allow us. At the beginning the driving course looked like a PennDot truck had flipped over leaving hundreds of orange traffic cones scattered in the parking lot. After a dry run, everyone figured out ( Read more... )

Our driving training was again postponed until weather conditions improve. With luck, we will start our training on Thursday.