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Category Archives: Life in General
Curiosity…
The last few weeks have been flying by and I am a little behind on blogging and observations about life. One of the most incredible things of these past times has been Curiosity and the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) landing … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation History, History, Life in General
Tagged a 352-million mile journey, Curiosity, Curiosity landing on Mars, exploration, Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), MSL, NASA, Neil Armstrong’s first walk on the moon, our solar system, rocket scientists, space travel, the race to the moon, the Red Planet, true imagination, we went to another planet
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Coffee & Writing
I have written about coffee before, ever since the inception of my blog on August 5, 2010. I should be a real coffee expert, but I am not. I just drink the stuff. For pilots, coffee is part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Writing
Tagged a reporter’s humanity, Coffee & Writing, coffee experts, consumption habits, drinking coffee, farmers, freelancing, IBM Selectric, java, news reporters, newspapers, newsrooms, small daily papers, steaming coffee, typewriter, writing careers, writing in the early morning, writing in the late night, writing obituaries
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Falling to the Darkside
I fought it for the longest time. Many tried to convert me, but I held off as long as I possibly could. I tried everything to avoid the final fall, but I fell anyway. You might say I was resistant … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged 6.5 Mobile OS, a very slippery slope, Apple shortcuts and software, Apps, cell phones, Falling to the Darkside, I Pads, IBM, It was Microsoft’s fault!, keystrokes, Macs and Apples, Mac’s, MicroSoft, PC’s, shortcuts
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Memorial Day 2012
This Memorial Day is a little different for me than Memorial Days in the past. On past Memorial Days, I would think of my friends who gave their lives in service of this great nation. There were many of them, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal
Tagged Air Force, Army, Bravo Zulu, Marines, Memorial Day 2012, military jargon, Navy, the future of our great nation, the heat of the desert, the Summer of '11, the test of fire by battle, tribute to my students, veterans, Veterans Day, vets on a mission
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E. B. White
I had to come into my office to restart the computer when our network went down. As I was waiting for it to come back online, I looked down to my right and saw my copy of The Elements of … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Personal, Publishing, Reading, Writing
Tagged a “little” book, aspiring writer, Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White, journalism students, reading, research, self-published pamphlets, Stuart Little, The Elements of Style, The New Yorker, the University of Florida, William Strunk Jr., writer, writing
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Life Only Began Yesterday
It was a moment one can only describe as profound. We were driving northeast on Pacetti Road thinking about the recent visit of the grandkids. All of a sudden, the realization hit us like a runaway logging truck hurtling down … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life in General, Personal
Tagged Cardenas Cuba, centuries, Cuba, decades, England, grandkids, Highway 16, instant “connections”, Life Only Began Yesterday, lifetimes, Pacetti Road, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Spain, Tampa, the age of 30, the loss of a friend, the Pacettis, the passage of time, the passing of a grandparent, the Triays
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Late Night TV
It was a miserable night. At 4:30 a.m., the bladder was demanding, the sinuses had a headache working, and after a trip to the head and a glass of water chasing an Aleve, the next thing was tossing and turning. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life in General, Personal
Tagged A Matter of Trust, All About Soul, Allentown, An Innocent Man, Baby Grand, baseball, Billy Joel, Goodnight Saigon, I Go To Extremes, It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me, Last Of The Big Time Spenders, Late Night TV, miserable nights, Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song), Piano Man, She’s Always A Woman, She’s Right On Time, The Downeaster 'Alexa', The Entertainer, the greatest American game, The Last Play at Shea, The River Of Dreams, We Didn’t Start The Fire
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