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Two months at work and I am finally doing something with someone hanging over my shoulder. Boss is trusting she trained me well enough to do some things on my own. No two days are the same. Wher...

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I first heard the term “Battle Rhythm” in ’94 when we were flying in Bosnia. It, in Naval Aviation parlance refers to the fitting of all the requirements of fighting a war into a 24 hour day and ...

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Week Two Into the second full week of actually “working.” Word I get is it will take me a few months to be able to work on my own. It doesn’t matter how smart or experienced you are. This is so...

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First Day of three of orientation. Half of tomorrow I have to find something else to do on the clock, because the briefs are all Union oriented, and I am not allowed to witness. Wednesday I go i...

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In 1991 I was in training at VAQ-129. It was a miserable time. I had absolutely no control over my life. I was a slave to the flight schedule. We lived in base housing. Three-bedroom two bat...

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My love is in league with the freeway Its passion will rise as the cities fly by And the taillights dissolve in the coming of night And the questions of thousands take flight When I wore a young...

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Jumped out of bed at 0455. Took a nice hot shower. Drank three big cups of coffee and a 40oz bottle of water. And watched the clock. At 0630 I really needed to pee. Poured my fourth cup of cof...

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The call finally came. I am scheduled for the second medical screening on Friday. Then salary orientation on the 27th. At which point I am on the clock again. The 10 year vacation that included...

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The employment guy (who, strangely I may be distantly related to by marriage) told me if I hadn’t heard from Medical by Friday to give him a call. After three days of checking my email every hour...

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After 90 days in limbo, I finally talked with the guy in employment. The offer is still good, I should hear from medical by Friday. All goes well, I will be in orientation on the 27th. As I rec...

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I occasionally throw out obscure references. Swampfox was the tactical call sign for the World Famous VAQ-132 Scorpions. 623 was my jet. I was always assigned to 623, and 623 wasn’t always the s...

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I am again in a holding pattern. I went in for the medical screening on Monday. I prepped as if I was going in for a physical. I ate supper at 1900 the night before. Didn’t eat or drink anythin...

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We could sail away Or catch a freight train Or a rocketship into outer space Nothin’ left to do Too many things were said To ever make it feel Like yesterday did Seasons must change Separate pat...

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Contingency targeting Exercise. I have no idea if they do those these days. It has been a while since I retired, and a really long time since I was a junior officer. Crossing oceans to arrive in...

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I texted Steve, the guy who will be my bosses boss. “At this rate Hailey will be out of her cast by the time I hear anything!” Smiley face emoji. “It’s with the president now.” The company pres...

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Still. No word from GDBIW. I talked to a girl in HR on Monday. The offer is still stuck with the VP. The way that organization works is all the senior people wander from department to departm...

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Whew. Just watched the Liam Neeson movie “Taken.” Not for the feint of heart, at least if you are a parent. Pretty badass movie, but I had to check my blood pressure, because I was adrenalize...

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My copy of “Slave to the Grind” was in the CD changer of my F-150 when the truck died and I traded Kayla for the never named 2010 Ford Fusion. Obviously in hindsight, “Slave to the Grind” was an...

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Back in the day that was my up-tempo work out tune. Two slow temp, then kickstart… Managed to get Natalie on the phone. My offer is now with the vice president. “You should hear something nex...

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For a month or so I toyed with the idea of making Keto Sushi. I finally pulled the trigger and did it. I must say I fucking rock at cooking. Even though cooking when making sushi is minimal. ...

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I had a dream last night. A replay of a memory. I woke up with a smile on my face. When we were making out or engaged in “heavy petting” I would occasionally break our kiss and sit back. Her r...

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In the little mini-movie, the girl is Evan Rachel Wood. Beautiful girl, no doubt. She played/plays (I don’t watch it anymore so I don’t know if she is still a character) one of the androids in...

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Eight miles is 48K feet. Not terribly high for modern jets. F-15s laugh at that altitude. Basically impossible for an EA-6B. which was derivative of the A-6, which was a low-level medium-bombe...

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About five years ago I was travelling cross country with an old friend in a Penske truck, moving his shit from New Hampshire to Las Vegas. I didn’t get the impetus; I’d lived in Las Vegas in th...

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” Can’t explain, there’s something strange about the early fall It’s comfort leaving me without a care I remain but everything around me hears the call And tonight I feel a change in the air The...

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