A Near Perfect Day |
When I get around to writing my memoirs, I think Saturday, May 24th, 2008 will go down as one of the best days in my life. The day started early with a late (for me) wake up at 0700 and an hour or tw...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 25 May 2008 09:26:00 PST |
How come nobody is talking about this? |
As an alumnus of Virginia Tech, I cannot believe no one in this nation is making a bigger deal of what happened in Israel last week. A gunman enters a school and opens fire, killing eight studen...
Posted by Charles on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:49:00 PST |
KGB agents don't understand math |
After hearing the recent outburst of President Putin of Russia concerning the crimes of the Communist regime under Stalin, I am firmly convinced that the former KGB agent must know no basic math.
I am...
Posted by Charles on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:51:00 PST |
Concert Review - The Police |
On the night of June 18th, Sarah and I saw the Police at US Airways Arena here in Phoenix. The show was amazing. They played all of their big hits as well as a few lesser ones. We lo...
Posted by Charles on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:12:00 PST |
Two books, a stupid cat, and no one to whine at.... |
So I'm deep into Charles Mann's book, 1491, and I am realizing how little I truly know about pre-Columbian America. Here is just a few of the ideas I am trying to wrap my mind around - 1) There ...
Posted by Charles on Fri, 25 May 2007 08:54:00 PST |
IT IS 5 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT |
The world stands at the brink of a second nuclear age. The United States and Russia remain ready to stage a nuclear attack within minutes, North Korea conducts a nuclear test, and many in the internat...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 07:27:00 PST |
Everything in one sentence..... |
"I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything that I do."Not my words, but nothing sums up the way I think about life more than that short sentence.PS - If you know who ...
Posted by Charles on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:59:00 PST |
Short Book Review - The Terror by Dan Simmons |
Having read several of Dan Simmons earlier works, I was excited and interested to get through his newest novel, The Terror. It seemed a different kind of novel from his earlier science fiction w...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:53:00 PST |
A little Marine Corps History lesson.... |
From the USMC Historical website-4 December 1950: LtCol Raymond G. Davis led his battalion into Hagaru-Ri, Korea after four days of intense fighting in the mountain passes against a numerically superi...
Posted by Charles on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 07:50:00 PST |
Halloween just isn't the same anymore.... |
As we ramp up to the Halloween celebration this year, I'm forced to acknowledge that Halloween just isn't the same for me anymore. I hadn't been super into it since I got too old to trick or tre...
Posted by Charles on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:52:00 PST |
