Memorial Day

It was interesting. In church yesterday they wanted to reflect on the true purpose/meaning of Memorial Day. So they had everyone who has served in the military or who knows someone who has or is serving in the military stand up. I hate to be a picker of knits but that’s Veteran’s Day which comes … Read more

Reporting the truth: Say what?

The BBC’s John Simpson titled this article ‘Reporting the truth’. Given the content, I can’t figure out why. In short, it seems John Simpson is saying, it is perfectly permissible for the media to print and reprint single source, unverified stories that are inflammatory in nature. And if they are believed by the public then … Read more

Misinformation from the press

I am anxious to hear the outcry on this. This is all the things that the US government and the military are being accused of. Dissemination of misinformation and causing the death of innocents. 16 people were killed and 100 people were injured as result of uprisings and protest in reaction to an article published … Read more

Hot 97 and the Disgusting Miss Jones…

A while back you might remember that I blogged about a DJ in New York who aired a hate filled “parody” rap piece that made fun of the victims of the tsunami that devastated many areas around the Indian Ocean. After much public outcry and some three days time, Hot 97 suspended Miss Jones and … Read more

It’s Still Good to be Home…

It’s been about eight months since I landed at North Island Naval Air Station, the final stop in my trip home from the Kuwait. Eight months is a long time. The unit that relieved us should be getting relieved themselves this month. It is now time for them to go home. One year ago today … Read more

Run-away Bride

So this whole thing seems really interesting. First I want to point out, in case anyone missed it, she was to take part in a wedding where there were to be 14 bridesmaids, 14 groomsmen and 600 guests. 600 guests! I don’t think I even know 600 people! I’ve lived in a town that didn’t … Read more

Stress Free Fellowship

A couple of years ago I started something called Stress Free Fellowship. It’s a gathering of families from church at the beach around a fire. There’s no plan, there’s no schedule, there’s no anything. You just go and hang out. Without the stress of worrying about whether you’re prepared, have you bought the right stuff, … Read more

Web Host Woes

On April 21 by web hosting company had some difficulties that took my site down. It took about a week to get the site back up at all and as of this writing I’m still waiting for them to get my install of MovableType restored. I am hunting for a new web host but no … Read more