Pointless blather
No Explanation Necessary
DPAA doesn’t appear to have listed any new POW/MIA accountings this week. So instead of the normal “No Longer Missing” article, here’s a bit of music. This one’s from a group of now-middle-aged Irshmen. I’m thinking any of our male readers who’ve (1) loved someone and (2) are 35 or older can identify with this […]
Yer Saturday Chuckle – Things You See While Traveling
On a recent trip, I took a route I hadn’t taken in 20 years. Much of the route was pretty much the same as I remembered. But there was one recent change that caught my eye. Now, I happen to like roadside billboards. Yeah, some of them can be pretty garish and ugly. But they […]
The Road Goes On Forever (Continued)
Well, not really. But this trip is indeed a longish one. US 70 – in the past called the “Broadway of America” – is still around, albeit no longer coast-to-coast (it now ends where it meets US 60 in Globe, Arizona). Still: parts of US 70 are indeed a drop-dead gorgeous drive. US 70 […]
From the Road
I’m back on the road again for a bit. So that means you all get lucky – articles from me may be somewhat limited for the next 2 or 3 weeks. (smile) Someone asked me if I’d be playing Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” during the trip. Probably not; I never was a huge […]
“Helden”
The late David Bowie was a musical icon. He wrote some of the most creative and lasting popular music of the last several decades. This is about one of his works – one that I believe resonates particularly strongly with veterans of a certain part of the Cold War. I know it certainly does with […]
The “Disco Decade”? Yes – and No.
Longtime readers know that Jonn tolerates an occasional “walkabout” from me on various and sundry subjects. Well, consider yourself warned. Here comes another. . . . The 1970s are considered by many a “lost decade” in popular music. And in truth, the 1970s did give us that abomination called “disco” – which IMO indeed royally […]
For Our “Railhead” Readers
. . . especially Ex-PH2 and API. The tune is self-explanatory – once you know a bit of baclground. The bit of background: like the US, Canada also made major efforts to build a transcontinental railroad. (The term “navvy” is British slang – adopted in Canadian English – for a railway laborer.) Their projects began […]
Just Seems Apropos
. . . for today. If you’re having a rough day because of the holiday, maybe you’ll want to skip viewing this. Leave it to a Canadian national treasure to “get it right”. IMO, anyway.
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