January 2009

Shot glass collection, addiction indication?

January 31, 2009

When I was going through counseling with my ex there were a few comments made by the shrink that I’d like to share, just points to ponder, if you will. I am allowed to say shrink, by the way. I have a degree in psychology and my professor said that I could. nya, so there. [...]

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Beautiful Frankfurt and its’ red light district

January 28, 2009

I arrived in country after staying at Fort Dix for a few weeks waiting for my port call. Don’t ask me what “Port Call” means, I just know that when it happened, I got my flight to Frankfurt, AM. I got to Rhein Main Airport, which is the largest US airport in Germany (West Germany [...]

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Tequila Sunset in a Shelter Half

January 27, 2009

When I initially joined the Arizona National Guard it was almost like going on a camping trip when we had a field problem. We head out in our deuce and a half’s and arrive on site, set up tents and play army for a while. Great fun and really nothing taken too seriously. Not that [...]

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Berg Frankenstein

January 24, 2009

I happened to luck out, in that I was stationed in Darmstadt, which has the actual Frankenstein Castle. Now, it’s an old place, kind of a fixer upper, if you know what I mean. But it has been around for centuries and has that old world charm about it. Years back an American bought it. [...]

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“The Bank” and the overdraft

January 21, 2009

I’m on the phone with our bank, which is also my youngest daughter’s bank, at least for today. Tomorrow could be a different story. She made a mistake, in hind sight, I think we made a mistake as well. She wanted to join the gym with my wife. Here’s another pet peeve of mine. Why [...]

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Staying Hungry – Tirol Austria

January 21, 2009

I spent a fair amount of time skiiing while I was stationed in Germany. I spent ten days in Tirol, Austria as a solo adventurer skiing the days away. That was an interesting experience in that I prepaid my lodging, which included breakfast, and I prepaid my skiing, which included transportation and lift tickets, but [...]

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Jungfrau – The Adventure Begins

January 20, 2009

My first time skiing in the Swiss Alps was quite an experience. If you’ve ever been to the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland, you will know that the scenery, and occasionally the cold, will take your breath away. The mountain I skied on was called the Jungfrau (virgin) and is called the roof of the [...]

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Mexican Radio

January 19, 2009

When I was stationed in Texas, whew, there probably will be more than one story that will start something like that. Actually over my half a career in the military, I have experienced a number of things of interest, both in the US and in Europe. This particular adventure takes place somewhere south of the [...]

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The Start

January 17, 2009

So I am reaching the middle of my life and I realize that I haven’t put down on paper (I guess even with all this, I still haven’t put anything on paper, but hopefully you get the meaning. If not stop reading now.) I have so many experiences, some of which I’m ashamed of, or [...]

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The Fight

January 16, 2009

Once upon a time, I’ve always wanted to start a ponderance with that phrase, so I might as well illegitimatize this now. I had a friend, no really I did, stop acting like that. We did all the usual friend things. Football, soccer, kick the can, freeze tag, big fight…wait a second, big fight? How [...]

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