Not even while in formation, marching from class to the barracks was I able to keep from pissing someone off. This time it happened to be one of my classmates behind me by the name of Bob. We had one civilian in our class. His name was Tom as well. He had no idea how…

Hillary Clinton shaded the facts about her use of a private email account while she was Secretary of State. And Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont wrongly placed the U.S. as the world’s leader in wealth and income inequality. Clinton, whose defense of her private email server has shifted repeatedly over time, said during…

We were the third class housed in the barracks at the time. It would be another couple of weeks before the “Senior-flight” would graduate and the “Junior-flight” would advance, followed by the “Baby-flight.” Initially, I was housed with a member of the “Senior-flight” class. The young man, not much older than me, spent much of…

Mary woke me early to help her clean up a mess our Yorkie, Trixie, made as we slept. Being groggy, I rolled out of bed and discovered the mess for myself as I stepped in it. Now mind you, Yorkie’s by nature are very small dogs, ours weighs in at less than five-pounds. So how…

Being in-charge, no matter how routine the duty has never really been my idea of enjoyment because something eventually goes wrong, like the time during tech-school while I was a student leader. Not everything that got screwed up was my doing. That’s especially true when it came to guys who were looking for ways to…

Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Doing so is impossible, and trying will only burn you out. But making one person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow your focus.

Decided to go to Apple Hill in California’s historic gold region. For years, I’d heard that aside from apples, apple pie, cakes and cider, they had many wonderful craft-makers selling their goods. So I decided to go for the day since its is only 150 miles away from my home. I grabbed my camera and…

As it turns out, many of my Progressive friends are right, making the U.S. gun-free can be done in five easy steps. Elect 67 Senators and 290 Representatives who support the cause. Have the newly-elected Congress propose to repeal the 2nd Amendment. Get 38 states to ratify the Constitutional change. Enact Federal legislation that makes…

Confidence, like happiness, is mostly an inside job. One can, however instill confidence in an insecure person. From time to time, when a new air staff member started at a station, I’d be given the duty of training them. If I saw they were hesitant, I’d stay close by to encourage them to the point…

Soon to be ex-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is accusing Charles and David Koch of advocating criminal justice reform to cut their legal liabilities. Reid, as per his normal smear tactic, didn’t specify what illegal actions would be absolved by the Kochs’ efforts. Reid did suggest that the Kochs have become more active in efforts…