Duke
Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
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A Change in the Air in General
” 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...
It has been dreary as shit here. It rained for two days, the stopped raining yesterday – but stayed overcast. Then it rained all day today. The only things I accomplished were: 1. Coffee 2. A...
I Remember You in General
In 1989, right after I was commissioned in the Navy and had started flight school I switched from vinyl and cassettes to CDs. I was separated from X1, and living in the BOQ in NAS Pensacola. Aft...
John Connor in General
We’re not gonna make it, are we? People, I mean. -John Connor, “Terminator” Sweet Jesus. People are pouring Nyquil over chicken and cooking it. I think this Tik Tok Challenge bullshit is going t...
Goddamn It in General
I must be insane. Flirting with a 34 year old girl in North Carolina on facebook. I recognize it is unreasonable / untenable. We have been chatting about military aircraft and beaches and wher...
The Day We Meet Again in General
Calendar said it was time for a haircut. Every six weeks I go to Kilroy’s to get my hairs cut. Prevents me from waking up, looking in the mirror and wondering what the frog is on my head. Very ...
American Kill Switch in General
I got a text on my iPhone this morning. “Hi, this is Steve from XYZ (The company I have been waiting for an offer from). I left a voicemail. I need to talk to you.” I didn’t get the text until...
Street of Dreams in General
Candice Night is such a freaking hottie. Her voice gives me chills! Ritchie, you lucky bastard. So. Yesterday I decided it was time to start moving again. Mostly healed up from the overnight....
Still They Ride in General
“Jesse rides, through the night, under the main street lights, riding slow. This old town ain’t the same. Now nobody knows his name.” So many years ago. I had “Escape” on cassette. Millennials...
September 12th in General
Today is three years since Sandy committed suicide. While I have come to accept it, it doesn’t mean I am not still angry about it. She had so many people who loved her. I was planning a trip to A...
The sun never really came up. It was dreary, and strangely warm. I wasn’t interested enough to find out that I went to Wunderground to look at the weather map to find out why. It was pleasant e...
I’m binge watching Southland. Police drama based in Las Angeles, centered as near as I can tell the Hollywood Division. Being an aficionado of the Bosch series, I feel like I know these streets....
I now have two 27” curved Samsung monitors. What is currently pissing me off is I can’t speed up the trackball. I want to be able to go from the upper left of the left monitor to the low righ...
I Know Why in General
I finally know why I can’t let her go. She is the only truly “good” person I have met in my life. Perfectly good. My parents are good. They always try to do the right thing. They instilled that...
The Wings that Fly Us Home. in General
“And the spirit fills the darkness of the heavens It fills the endless yearning of the soul It lives within a star too far to dream of It lives within each part and is the whole It’s the fire an...
Shipmates and Cheyenne in General
I was watching a video earlier today. It included clips from a FOB in Iraq. The camera swung around and momentarily centered on a piece of paper on a bulletin board: I will Always Place the Miss...
After typing up my resignation letter I went out for a walk. I came home and folded the letter neatly and put it in an envelope. I pulled my nametag/badge out of my work backpack. Pondered if I...
Mercenary III in General
I just drafted my resignation letter for Wally World. I actually got about 5 hours of sleep. I took a long hot shower at 2230 last night and opened the windows in my bedroom. I was awake before ...
Brothers in Arms in General
These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Someday you’ll return to Your valleys and your farms And you’ll no longer burn to be Brothers in...
Unsleepened in General
I am now at 48 hours with no sleep. I went to bed at 1000 am this morning, woke in a panic at 1030 – “Holy fuck! I’m late for work!” I have no intention of going to work, and even if I had the in...
It’s a bit heartbreaking. I hope she was happy in her life. She brought joy to a pimple faced kid on Andersen AFB on Guam in 1975. Between “Have You Never Been Mellow,” “If you Love Me Let Me ...
RIP Sweet Girl Olivia Newton John was my Mom’s favorite back in the 70s. Truth be told I had a little celebrity crush on her. At the time it felt weird to be attracted to an artist that my moth...
RIP Sweet Girl Olivia Newton John was my Mom’s favorite back in the 70s. Truth be told I had a little celebrity crush on her. She was on 12 years older than me, so in 1980 she was thirty. A ba...
I’ve now been up for 36 hours. As predicted after the endorphin/caffeine rush from yesterday afternoon there is no sleep to be had. It is fucking Saturday and I am not going to hear from GD until...
Mercenary II in General
I showed up fifteen minutes early for the interview. Walked through the front door ten minutes early, announced my arrival and took a seat. Still wearing shades I didn’t move for a half an hour. ...
