So Long....

So long, not farewell!
So long it has been since I last updated, and so much has happened in the world.
Israel has finally had enough and struck back at Hamas.
The Broncos fired Mike Shanahan!
The Yankees signed CC Sabathia, AJ Burnett, and Mark Teixeira.
I went kayaking with Nikki, am sore, and now own two kayaks!
I might even try and update more often.
[I know, I promise to do so often and fail to deliver - so comment and
encourage me! haha!]

Happy New Year to all; I wish you peace and prosperity, with love for all.

Broke Busted, Disgusted

Agents can't be trusted
Don't you work as hard as you play....

Immortal words of Creeque Alley, from The Mamas and The Papas

I've run once since before Thanksgiving
woke up late today
blew off working out
came home tired and slept
without running
ate far too much at Daruma
and drank!
Tomorrow, I'll get back on track
I promise.
Sadly,
tomorrow never comes.
I feel like a Butterball
only flatulent.
Great.....

Infamy

East Wind, Rain. Climb Mount Niitaka. Tora, tora, tora.

December 7th, 1941.... the day which will live in infamy.

I ask you to remember our valiants: those who perished to defend us, those who survived and who have now gone to meet their maker, and those merry few who remain among us. I ask you to render honors, should you be sailing up or down Pearl Harbor, honors to port (or to starboard, as the case may be) as you pass USS ARIZONA. I shall not ask you to have goosebumps, nor for the hair to stand up on your neck or arms - that will occur, unbidden.

I ask you to forgive the Japanese airmen and submariners who participated in the attack, for they were doing their patriotic duty, just as our people were doing theirs.

I ask you to never forget.
I ask you to always hold the people responsible, responsible.
I ask you to say a prayer for our valiant fallen, and another for those who have passed.
God Bless America.

Threes

[1] 31-20, Gators have beaten the Crimson Tide of Alabama.
[a] This has to have been the closest 31-20 game ever.
[b] 'Bama is a really good team; they should finish #2 in the nation but sadly, will not.

[2] Barry O has appointed Eric Shinseki as head of the Veteran's Administration. General Shinseki was Army Chief of Staff at the beginning of the Iraqi War. He said after the invasion that we would need a bunch more troops than what plans called for. Paul Wolfowitz, and especially Don Rumsfeld [a man who favors technology over troops - how naive!!] scoffed at the idea, and fired Shinseki. Events proved Eric was right, and this is his vindication. Don, on the other hand, opposed enough boots on the ground, armor for Humvees, and enough 5.56 ammo for the troops. Oh, and his minions cheated on the tests to show the Interceptor body armor was superior. It isn't. Rot in Hell, Don. I still don't care for Barry O, but this move gets my attention.

[3] I love Nicola Crombie.