When the Smoke Clears

Had a little procedure done today, just some out-patient surgery, partly tests, and a few other things.
Overall a very nice experience, but MAN do I WISH I could get some of those drugs more often.
The IV was set. Everything was doing fine. I was messing around with my anesthetist on the heart monitor. I wanted [...]

Newsflash for all my fine friends out there:
My laptop just did a total Acute Panic Disorder crash, everything locked up, music playing the same .5 second over and over, no mouse movement, nothing, for 5 minutes. I had to do a manual power off and reboot that took nearly a WHOLE MINUTE. Nothing was [...]

Forget about me, today is a day I’m filled with pride for my friends. Today, in a regular cycle that happens three times a year, I saw a number of my young ones commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army. Today was special because most of this latest crop are some whose lives I have [...]

While I was away, I had a student staying at the cabin, watching after things, being a general caretaker. No, he didn’t stain the deck like I keep telling people I would like to have done, but still, while his room was a complete wreck, the rest of the house was maintained. He even cleaned [...]

The other night was guy’s night. The Trusty Bulldog called to ask me down to the Ballgame. He was driving in from North Carolina. I checked with our fellow friend, the Viking Medic and he was up for the game as well, so with a little internet magic, we had tickets waiting for the Bulldog [...]

Today was a day for civic responsibility. I pulled Jury Duty. Yes, it was an unpleasant experience to a degree, an entire day, possibly a week of time taken away to work in a job with which one is not familiar.
And from the fellow potential jurors I heard all the typical “such a waste [...]

A crescent moon hovered in the gray sky tonight as the day slipped away. The weather has been perfect for enjoying the little plot of land I own for now. Three owls have taken up residence in my woods of late, two with very similar whistle/screech calls, the third with a much more mellow, cooing [...]

Stolen Meme because I’m tired…
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Put your music player on shuffle.
2. Press forward for each question.
3. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesn’t make sense. NO CHEATING
How do you feel today?
Far From Today – Fiona Kennedy (yeah, I’m out of it)
What’s your outlook on life?
Today’s the Day [...]

The weekend was relaxing. The weekend was good.
And there are moments in time I will hold to myself, shared only with my thoughts and maybe another much later in time.
And then the work week starts and I again doubt. Though I should have no doubts.
So each day the best thing to do [...]

Found at different sites in our circle. With all that’s going on now, it is a warning…
thanks y’all

You are the Hanged Man
Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound.
With the Hanged man there is often a sense of fatalism, waiting for something to happen. Or a fear of
loss from a situation, rather than gain.
The Hanged Man is perhaps the most [...]

Sometimes I write things intended to be funny.
Sometimes I write things intended to share a moment or thought.
Sometimes I write to celebrate the men and women in uniform who’s friendship I am privileged to enjoy.
Sometimes I write some fiction.
Sometimes I write things that recount difficult moments.
I don’t do it for attention. I [...]

There’s something building… it’s stirring up inside me like a calling back to a fight I had hoped to walk away from the first time, after the first shoves.
Yes, the press and the left are exploiting this Walter Reed scandal as if it is proof positive about the inaction of the current administration. From [...]

Oh she acts like a friend… all concerned, all caring… sharing stories of her supercool husband and two fantastic kids then asking how I’m doing… but the truth is she’s just trying to earn my trust so I’ll accidentally reveal things. Thus… her little meme attack.
THE RULES: Each player of this game starts with [...]

Back to work yesterday for a little bit. I was feeling a good bit better, thank you, modern science, for an array of antibiotics. While I was doing a few things to get ready, I also had an opportunity I could NOT pass up. Even though I answered all my calls and emails, I ended [...]

Oprah doesn’t require good press. The lady owns enough of it. I don’t know where her politics sit, but I have my suspicions as she is part of the daytime talk show lineup. I could be wrong. Doesn’t matter, celebrity gossip is not my beat.
Oprah has founded and opened a school for girls in [...]