The title of this post appeared in Ken Herman’s column in this morning’s AAS. Within a few minutes of reading it, I’m sitting at my computer writing this post, and I’m putting it in the Rants and Raves logbook because … Continue reading →
This blogging business is fascinating. I created the website and blog in an orgy of shameless self-promotion (words borrowed from friend and fellow writer Cindy Phillips). People warned me about the seductive nature of the online universe, and as they … Continue reading →
In the spring of 1964 I graduated from college with a reserve commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and a report date of 15 November, 1964, to begin Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) and a four-year … Continue reading →
Darrell Bryant, a friend and fellow writer, sent this to me. I cannot read it and shove it in an electronic folder to be forgotten, so I’m going to share it as a Visitor’s Story to honor the aviator who … Continue reading →
Om 30 May, 1981, I arrived in Austin to begin my last tour in the military. My new boss had invited me to go fishing with him the next morning, and he picked me up shortly after daybreak. As we … Continue reading →
SOB trip concludes: You can guess what happens next, right? The temperature climbs to three degrees higher than the maximum I’d planned for. The charts don’t list each degree of change, so now it’s a matter of interpolating. Number-crunching completed, … Continue reading →
A few years ago, well, more than that, actually, before email submissions became more common than not, the “standard” submission package consisted of the query, a synopsis, and the first three chapters or fifty pages, whichever was less. Synopsis length … Continue reading →
In 1973 Patti and I flew from San Juan to Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands with a couple of our friends on what at that time was PRINAIR. One of our friends was of considerable size (If he had not … Continue reading →
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity … Continue reading →
A recent editorial in the New York Times provided a concise back story on the US involvement in Iraq, a current assessment of the situation there, and presented a compelling argument for why we can’t leave now. I agree, but … Continue reading →
