My thought of the day: My personal life has gone to shit in the past two years, but in a moment of clarity on the john: I love my life, I at least know where I am going with it now, homing for now, will track to the target later.

That, and also the fact that I love my job!

OUTSTANDING!!
 

You have 100% support here, brother. :lifter

To life!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKpQR...feature=relmfu

To my wife!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUFObCZtGWQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnk79...eature=related

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

Mmmmmmm! Kalik!:D I miss the Bahamas!:boohoo

From 185 entries, #1 grand-daughter (age 11.97 yrs), won the Patriot's Pen essay competition. She was honored to read her essay at the VFW event on Veteran's Day at a re-dedication ceremony to a memorial in front of the county courthouse, just prior to the 1100 firing of the 21-gun salute, followed by Taps.

Dumbing down of American youth? Well, at least one mustard seed* in the weed-field.

Yes, 'papa' be proud.
:lifter

*Largely home-schooled, though.

When I moved back in June I thought I lost an award that is very precious to me because I received it from the Natl Guard Troop that I volunteer with. I tore my place apart for a month. I knew I didn't throw it away because I had to break down every box and fold the packing paper to dispose of it :rolleyes: But...I couldn't find it and it was weighing heavy on me for months.

Found it today...had to put something in my "bug out" bag and there it was!

I'm leaving 30 degree weather with snow on the ground for 60 degrees and sunny in San Diego for a 4 day conference over the weekend. :cool:

White breast turkey tetrazini in a sherry wine sauce with crimini mushrooms over a slice of olive oil and garlic toasted Califfornia sourdough bread with a glass of chilled Bogle 2010 Chardonnay - life is, indeed, good! Prost!

Richard :munchin

Got a long-term (4 months) archaeology dig job. Ahhhh....the joy of doing "science in the dirt" again! Only problem is doing it in mid-winter...can't stand the cold, but enjoy working with the younger generation and imparting knowledge from a senior FOG archaeologist.

Just received notification from my wife that the annual "Cookie Wars" have begun.

Around the holidays she bakes and tries to keep the cookie jar full.
It's my job to try and keep it empty. :D

LOL! My mother-in-law arrives tomorrow and the cookie wars will begin here, too. :D She'll keep my boys stuffed with cookies, pies and cakes for the next two weeks and I think they're up to the challenge.

Susan

My wife, step daughter, and step son arrived safely yesterday after a 20 hour drive. We will spend the week together. All 4 kids in the house at the same time. Life is good. Merry Christmas :)

Christmas Trains
 

Every year some friends of mine set up a fairly large model train set during Christmas. This is set up in their backyard, and I believe the scale is 1:19.

The admission is 5 cans of food goods, and this is donated to the local food pantry which helps famalies in need.

Throughout the set there are hidden objects that the little kids search for and find such as: a wolf, eagle, elve, baby jesus, snowman, rooster...once they find everything they turn in their checklist and win a candycane.

This year they had a live band playing Christmas Classics, and the atmosphere was great.

I've uploaded some pictures to my website for you all to enjoy, of special note is the U.S. Army Transportation Corps boxcar. Although all branches of the service were represented, I only added the photo of this boxcar since the majority on PS.com are U.S. Army.

If you click on the picture it will take you to a larger version. I used my phone camera, so the quality isn't that great, but still enjoyable.

Merry Christmas all, stay safe!

Here is the link:

http://www.doggy-pals.com/christmastrain.html

I get to go to nearby VFW tonight to see Nbr. One 12-yo granddaughter get (another) award for her winning "Patriot's Pen" essay.
:D

Happy Hannukah
 

"All it take is one small flame to dispel a vast darkness." Lets hope and pray that these small flames dispel the darkness in our own lives and of mankind as a whole, especially in these difficult times. Let us make 2012 a good one :lifter