Category Archives: Single Ship

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured-image header and continue reading. Pocket Stun Gun, a Great Gift for the Wife This account is supposedly true. If not, it should be as a testimony to the difficulty men have in picking out the perfect gifts for their wives. Here it is: Last weekend I saw something at Larry’s Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What … Continue reading →

Men are just happier people. What else would you expect from such simple creatures? Image credit: crackskullbob.squarespace.com Your last name stays put. The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate is just another snack. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park. You can wear NO shirt to a water park. Car mechanics tell you the truth. The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky. You don’t have to stop and think of which way to … Continue reading →

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured-image header. To say that I miss the days of strapping into the F-4 Phantom cockpit is an understatement in the extreme. To say that I could climb in one today and feel at home again is probably an overstatement in the extreme, although I’ll never admit it. But the truth of the matter is that you never shed the effects once it’s in your blood, and here are two images to prove the point.

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter pilot header, click on the title to view the featured image header and continue reading. In the summer of 2011 I opened up a copy of Photoshop Elements 8 for the first time. I’d received it bundled with a scanner, and plans to indie publish my novel without going deep into the negative side of the balance sheet dictated that I explore the possibility of designing my own cover. That effort and creating more covers for myself and others has taught me a number of things, the … Continue reading →

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter pilot header, click the title to view the featured image header and continue reading. Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh (an autonomous corporate entity) in Angus, Scotland. Situated 38 miles north of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers, it is the northernmost coastal town in Angus and developed as a natural harbor that traded in skins, hides and cured salmon in medieval times. With a population of approximately 12,000, Montrose is an important commercial port for the thriving oil … Continue reading →

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured-image header and continue reading. One of my grounding, fundamental goals in maintaining this blog is to honor in any way I can the memories of those who, as members of the greatest generation, answered the call for help in the defense of freedom against the abomination of the Axis Powers. On May 7, 2010, Bob Greene, CNN Contributor, published this tribute to a man whose name is synonymous with the concept of larger than life to any combat … Continue reading →

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured-image header and continue reading. If you have ever attended a high-school reunion, this little vignette should bring a chuckle, especially since the underlying message of “puttin” on airs” is so true. Jan, Sue and Mary haven’t seen each other since high school, and they arrange via a reunion website to meet for lunch at a wine bar and catch up! Jan arrives first, wearing a beige Versace. She orders a bottle of Pinot Grigio. Sue arrives shortly afterward, … Continue reading →

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured-image header and continue reading. I friend and fellow ex-Phantom driver recently sent me a link to a story commemorating a sad day for those of us who have a soft place in our hearts for the F-4 Phantom II. The very last Phantom in the “boneyard,” a storage facility for retired aircraft located at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ, home of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, departed for a final assignment. Credit: blog.naver.com via Wikipedia I’m … Continue reading →

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter pilot header, click on the title to view the featured image header and continue reading. There’s a saying about fighter pilots, probably originating from their collective ability to make fun of themselves, that a fighter pilot “wears a big watch, has a little ________ (insert your preferred term for the male sex organ), drinks scotch and water and is always looking for a place to cash a check.” All kidding aside, every flight briefing during my twenty-plus years as a fighter pilot began with a time hack … Continue reading →

If the title of this post is black and/or you see the fighter-pilot header, click on the title to view the featured-image header and continue reading. My good friend and fellow ex-fighter pilot Yago F. de Bobadilla, Maj. Gen. SAF (ret), has assembled a PowerPoint slide show as a companion to his original collection honoring the aviators and flying machines of World War II and the artists who commemorate specific events with exceptional skill and dedication to their craft. Throughout the history of air warfare, combatants have struggled to achieve a tactical advantage and shift the balance of power in their … Continue reading →