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I’m watching “The Terminal List” on Prime. It breaks my heart on so many levels. And reminds me. Chris Pratts’s character comes home from deployment, and his kid and his wife have no clue what he...

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“Pickett’s Charge was the climax of the Battle of Gettysburg (1863), and one of the most famous infantry attacks of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Lasting about an hour on the afternoon of J...

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Well. Four days ago I ripped my right latissimus dorsi. Imagine taking a sheet of paper and ripping it in half. That sound is exactly the pain. Synesthesia much? I have ripped that muscle thr...

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One of the things you get good at as an aviator is keeping notes. At one point I actually designed a kneeboard card with parallel blocks. You never know when the powers that be are going to dem...

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Well, the very first time her mother met me Her green-eyed girl had been a mother-to-be for two weeks I was out of a job and she was in school And life was fast and the world was cruel We were yo...

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I don’t know what the hell is happening with me. Oddly satisfied with life. Today is my Saturday. Yesterday I walked 18900 steps at work. I was in Sporting Goods, which meant every trip to “as...

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Well, I called out for the first time. Sometime last week I cut my thumb with my super-dooper safety company approved boxcutter. My right hand is my dominant hand. You learn rapidly how often yo...

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Old Entry. Breaks my heart I prayed tonight. Let’s be clear, I am an agnostic. To me that means that I believe in God, I just don’t know his intentions. True atheists are those bookish people w...

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I know, a bit early. You have been on my mind, for, something like 11 years. You were my last love. The handful of dates I have been on in the last decade always end the same way: “She’s nice,...

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Well I guess you left me with some feathers in my Hand… I’m on my “weekend.” My days off are Tuesday-Wednesday, but because I get off Tuesday at 0700 and start again on Thursday at 2200 I get co...

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Well I guess you left me with some feathers in my Hand… I’m on my “weekend.” My days off are Tuesday-Wednesday, but because I get off Tuesday at 0700 and start again on Thursday at 2200 I get co...

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Tomorrow I transition from being a steely eyed dealer of death to a steely eyed stocker of shelves. Fuck it, it’s 42k a year on top of my Navy retirement. And I’ve certainly had more difficult ...

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Alert 15 / Vampires I had my phone interview with the manager at Wally World, she had already offered me the job. Working the overnight is something that civilians really don’t like. She asked,...

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”This is the last time I’ll ever Say I love you This is the last night I fall among these graves The and last time that I’ll Cry and walk beneath a dark Lonely sky and wave bye Bye, bye bye…” Ti...

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Inspirit / Gate Three Drop Four Lola is playing her Grand Piano on a beach on a beach on the island of Brač, Croatia. I am familiar with this island. Although from altitude it wsn’t nearly this...

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Sad song, but accurately expresses the lifespan of my loves. Sometimes years, sometimes months. Well endgame is coming on regarding this condo. I can’t get a solid read on what bank guy Garret...

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Turning Your Lights On by CDR Jack “Farva” Curtis, USN(Ret) On the signal from a 20‐something Sailor, you advance the throttles forward and feel the machine come to life. You don’t hear much beca...

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Heaven bend to take my hand And lead me through the fire Be the long awaited answer To a long and painful fight Truth be told I’ve tried my best But somewhere along the way I got caught up in all...

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Anyone who has lived anywhere in the north knows what a Blizzard is – and no it doesn’t come from Dairy Queen. Starting tomorrow at 4am the snow will start, then the wind will start. By Noon the...

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Falling asleep last night, I got this earbug. Music is a time machine. I was back in the small Condo off Tropicana a mile from Boulder Highway. The first time I heard this song was driving fro...

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Hood of my car Radio’s just loud enough So I can hear “Levon” Where you are is anybody’s guess for now Just a song I grew up on Constellations seem so out of line Wish that we could make it this ...

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Our story’s old, older than the wind It’s been decided for years How can we pretend That we all know just how it’s gonna end Rescue me in the middle of the ocean Crashing down, it’s always hard ...

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You were there in the front seat, Windows down we were burning, It was just like a movie scene, Those dashboard lights, And your pale blue eyes cutting through me… -Daughtry, “Louder Than Ever” ...

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Today is two years since Sandy committed suicide. I still haven’t reconciled that, between who I knew as, and who she was. I still can’t comprehend how deep into a dark hole you would have to g...

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Our mother has been absent Ever since we founded Rome But there’s gonna be a party when the wolf comes home.. Up to ‘Salem’s Lot to meet the newest member of the family. Only a few weeks old, a...

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