Duke ⋅
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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Trip Around the Sun in General
Trip Around the Sun No you never see it coming, Always wind up wondering where it went. Made it around the sun again. Sort of surprising. When I was in my 30s I didn’t think I would see my 50s...
Can’tcha Say in General
I stink of cordite and sweat. My head and shoulders (sounds like a shampoo) are burned. Dumb move, Duke. The Boony hat was right there in the car and the beach bag was in the trunk. I have e...
Dare You to Move in General
The weather in Maine could not be more phenomenal. Mid 80s, low humidity. I made it to the beach and walked. I thought I would have gotten 5 miles but my Garmin Watch told me it was 3.3 mile...
Landing In London in General
Landing in London Fun song to sing along with. I harmonize with the lead singer and go high at the end of each stanza. Like I said fun. Before I destroyed my left hand I was trying to get that...
Something to Believe In in General
When I saw you for the first time Eyes the color of the ocean Something moved inside of me Long forgotten lying broken Now I can’t turn away Funny how so many bookmarks in my life are what I was...
Wildside Shit, but wasn’t Motley Crue a tight band in their day? Peace No complaints. Okay a few exceptions. Anthony Bourdain I wasn’t a fan. In fact, the only time I accidently watched “Parts...
Yes I would sell my soul for a couple of hours with her. Holy shit!
Everything in General
Everything, Stereo Fuse. I went back and forth about what to title this one. Evel gave me “Everything” and YouTube gave me “For Emily, Wherever I might Find Her.” Sometimes I wonder if I am not...
Sometimes She Cries in General
By the fall of 1989 I had already shot almost every weapon in the US inventory. I had made it through AOCS. I had started flight school. And I was wondering what the fuck I was doing. I had “...
I’ll Go On Loving You in General
Weird headspace. I was testing my ForeFlight/iPad combination today. Foreflight is a pretty cool program. Combined with a GPS enabled device it can tell you how to get to where you are going...
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For in General
Nice to see this place is still around. After the OD debacle, I feared for the worst. But Simple Mind was in it more for the love of the community, compared to whatever Bruce was doing. Remem...
Chess Weather here is just perpetually dreary. Earlier today I heard what sounded like a plow pushing a dumpster down the road. When I went outside I realized it was a thunderstorm. Those are ...
Far From Home in General
Far From Home Granted, I wasn’t on the ground in Bosnia, Iraq or Afghanistan. But I was there. There is a weird switch that you flip, and then there is nothing but the job. Plan, brief, gear up...
I Remember LA in Background Noise
In 1985 I was a SSgt in the Air Force. Our wing, the 363rd at Nellis AFB, Nevada was the redheaded stepchild of the base. What with the rapidly growing Red Flag and the growing test and evalua...
Fortune So apparently we are at endgame here at PB. I don’t have the will to start over again at a different site, and I will be damned if I ever go back to OD. That motherfucker Bruce owes me...
Sad But True in General
Sad But True This morning I woke up a little sad. Maybe melancholy is a better word for it. It’s been drippy and wet and a bit unpleasant for a few weeks now. On Facebook, on one of the Veteran...
No Se Si Es Amor in General
In 1992 I was on cruise on the USS Saratoga, flying with the world famous Scorpions of VAQ-132. The Bosnian fiasco hadn’t started yet. In port in Naples I picked up a copy of Baladas en Españ...
Comfortably Numb in General
I have so much to write about. But I feel like I have some kind of writers block going on. So if I just keep typing maybe something will break loose. Friday I was running through my newsfeed ...
The Mercy of the Fallen in General
The Mercy of the Fallen Eight years ago I left work early and took a trip up route 1 to Rockland to see a concert. Dar Williams. It was an interesting trip, and she is pretty incredible. It wa...
I discovered Enya while I was stationed in Washington State. I can’t study listening to music that has lyrics, so I listened to New Age radio stations. Actually I did that all the way back to ...
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace in General
Busy weekend. I was supposed to go flying on Saturday. Some confusion texting with the instructor and I was at base ops at 8AM. Looking at the wind sock, I knew it wasn’t going to happen. I ...
Goodbye Again in General
Goodbye Again It’s in your mind It’s in your eyes So it’s goodbye again It’s way past time For one last try So it’s goodbye again Ouch. Evel has a way of picking them. Vertical Horizon’s “Go” ...
Right In Front of the Snow Storm in General
Finally got scheduled. 9JW’s maintenance issues resolved, so it looks like I am going flying Saturday morning. I have a great big yellow sticky on the counter to remind me I need to get to bed ...
And I took my trashcan to the curb. I hope the trash guys don’t think that turkey carcass is a human head. I think it would be about the same weight. It is 12F and raining. Of course it freeze...
January Thaw in General
The January Thaw is a thing here in new England. It gives people hope that being frozen alive isn’t actually going to happen. Usually sometime in the middle of January the temperature goes up ...
