tears as I slowly rode north on the feeder road of I-45 south of Dickinson today in the funeral procession of Pfc. Nathaniel Given, September 14, 1985 - December 27, 2006. Motorists pulled over to the side of the freeway, got out of their cars, walked through the wet grass and … [Read more...] about My eyes were overflowing with
Nostalgia
I've been blogging since at least 2003, much longer if you consider the early days of computing. I've stopped and started many times, usually deleting everything. I found about 800 old posts from 2004 - 2007 that I imported for random memories. Those posts are under this category.
This is one of those times
when I have a lot of thoughts about life and things spiritual but can't get a handle on the whole of them. And it's driving me crazy. It's so much easier to have a concrete thought about something than it is to ponder different scenarios, especially in things spiritual. And it … [Read more...] about This is one of those times
Overall, had a nice
New Year's Day. Took much longer than I thought it would to put SU's seat back on the Marauder but I got 'er done and we went for a ride. Cold. Brr. Cold. Ended up at Denny's drinking coffee. Brr. Cold. Pretty much all we did. Bought a book to read. Read a bit. Back to work … [Read more...] about Overall, had a nice
A funny thing happened on the way
to another boring day in Bigjollyland. It became interesting. Started off a bit unusual in that neither of us were fully prepared for our class today. I was still searching for the "hook", the one thing that I could focus on in our discussion. Never found it but I tried. We also … [Read more...] about A funny thing happened on the way
Well, here I am on the eve
of another New Year! Hmm, better wait until midnight to say that I made it through though. You never know.Yesterday was very dreary, no? Started off at 4 am to bid a final farewell to hero. He looked smashing in his digitized sand camo suit. Not sure what he was packing in that … [Read more...] about Well, here I am on the eve