This was my ship, alrighty. Don’t ask how long ago…Anchors Aweigh!
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This was my ship, alrighty. Don’t ask how long ago…Anchors Aweigh!
Read MoreFrom a Kentuckian who has loved every trip to Mexico and would jump at the chance to go again, here’s a little silliness. Hasta laVista!
Read MoreThe other day I saw a coworker bring in a tater-sack sized bag of cheese puffs. Good Gravy! That was enough gedunk to last a whole year! Gedunk: Snacks. I my experience, there was a vending machine amidships that typically only had licorice coins and Near Beer left by the time I got there. By…
Read MoreWe have lots of Dutch genes in our family and I always wanted to go to Holland. My Sci-Fi series stars Elise t’Hoot, a Dutch girl escaping from calamity that destroyed her family, then winds up with a relative in rural Kentucky. Frustrated with college problems, she signs onto a military colony ship…headed to check…
Read MoreI happened to see a post about a sailor from my old ship saying the USS Dixon had a severe corrosion issue. No kidding! I remember the ship being caught in Pacific storm that busted a hole in the hull. We were on a Western Pacific 6 month cruise out of San Diego California. I had met the…
Read MoreNASA and JPL have a very neat set of travels posters for Solar System and Interstellar vacation destinations at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/visions-of-the-future/ You can download these as poster-quality PDFs! ceres is one on the menu, a nice one. If you download a poster, you’ll come to this screen that has more goodies. http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/exoplanettravelbureau#Kepler16b I used Planet Quest by…
Read MoreI have a sister that lives in a podunk little town in Pennsylvania. While Ma lived there, I drove or flew up on occasion. Seeing family is great, but the town is moribund. The big deal is the Wal-Mart, right. Except for me. The Amish market there sprawls across a mini-mall sized lot. It has…
Read MoreVision to Share from the New Orleans Trip Some folks may know I wrote and essay on vision care a while back and won a trip to New Orleans with Ma, the subject of the essay. I got this VSP Production (click the link above) in my mailbox Wednesday morning, wow! I knew they had guys…
Read MoreOne reason I was so jazzed about going to New Orleans was the prospect of seeing ALLIGATORS! I’d already done a Swamp Tour there and an Everglades kayak tour a couple years ago, so my focus this time was the gators in town. Here’s one at the Tourist Information place in the French Quarter. He’s…
Read MoreMa and I got back from New Orleans Saturday, nigh onto midnight. It was a quick trip, but lots of fun. Wednesday night, we were treated to a fancy dinner in the French Quarter, at Muriel’s. The Grilled Puppy Drum (fish, not canine) with toasted pecan and cracked caper dressing in a gruyere sauce was…
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