Archive for August, 2007

Serious Thought For The Week

August 31, 2007

The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes.

101 Uses For Napalm #3

August 29, 2007

I was excited when Stephan Coonts’ Flight of the Intruder was made into a movie. The book had gotten my attention as a Vietnam War novel, combining just the right mix of aviation, action, suspense, romance and heroism. It became one of my favorite reads, and by the time the movie was released, I [...]

Serious Thought For The Week

August 27, 2007

If the enemy is in range, so are you.

Serious Thought For The Week

August 19, 2007

Anything is possible if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

What’s In a Name? (note to Dani & Ryan)

August 17, 2007

(Drawing by Greg Olear)
Standing in front of the mirror this morning applying her makeup, my wife calmly announced that, “We should have named one of our children Zerubbabel.”
Just having stepped out of the shower, now wide-awake with razor wit finely honed, I responded, “Huh?”
“We didn’t give them enough grief with their names. We should have [...]

Serious Thought For The Week

August 11, 2007

Tact is for people who aren’t witty enough to be sarcastic

Serious Thought For The Week

August 4, 2007

Remember . . . half the people you know are below average.

And here’s to you, Mrs. Buttle, Jesus loves you more than you will know . . .

August 3, 2007

I feel a little guilty picking on the current London Bridge Syndrome that is filling the news today, but you have to agree that it’s an ample (and easy) target. Today’s Southern Illusion carries no less than 14 separate articles in the 1st five pages. In fact, those pages only contain three small articles [...]