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Good Job, "Les Miserables"
I am miserable alright.I hit the gym and ran a few errands. Guess what was at Stop & Shop??Mini Eggs!!Oh yeah. It almost made up for that interminable movie. Afterwards I remembered, I didn't...
View ArticleIt Was Almost Like It Wasn't Meant To Be...
But I made it to my parent's house.The bus runs down the main drag once an hour. So I plan accordingly.I got up just before ten, so that bus is out.I was organizing some stuff and lost track of time,...
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"We Are Tied To The Ocean"
That's what JFK said in Newport in 1962. I find it very true as I sit here, next to my open window, the sea roaring beneath. All of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood...
View Article"What Difference Does It Make?"
How stupid is this????Picture this -A major building in a major city burns down. MONTHS later the Fire Marshal says, indignantly, mind you - "Was it because of faulty wiring or an arsonist? What...
View ArticleI'm Awake!
In order to be at St. Francis for the 7:30 am Ash Wednesday service.....I'm awake & dressed at 5:30. I will catch the shuttle up to Pemberton Point & board the 6 am ferry to Boston. Much...
View ArticleI Almost Sweated Them Off, But I Got My Ashes!
I made it to St. Francis with time to spare. I like the ferry! But when I left Mass to go down the hill to my parent's house, there was an unpleasant surprise waiting for me.Let's back up a tiny bit....
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Why Am I Awake?
Because the guy who lives upstairs decided it would be a good idea to arrange some furniture, lol!You just know when a noise is wrong. The wind has howled all night, but I slept right through. And...
View ArticleDay One Of EPIIC----#Fail
I love going to the EPIIC Symposium. I couldn't go the year of the transplant and last year I was in the midst of the whole Grave's disease nonsense. But this year...........I was going! Thursday...
View ArticleHelp Me With This
Mel Gibson, who made "The Passion of the Christ" says some incredibly awful, anti-Semitic things.Hollywood and the media come down on Gibson like a lead weight.Chuck Hagel, repeatedly and supposedly...
View ArticleNew-Klee-Ah
It's Nuclear not New-Q-LaYes the nickname is Nuke. Yes. But you wouldn't call my son Frank, Frank-sis. It's Francis.Work with me here people. I am trying to listen to your opinions, but once you...
View ArticleLast Saturday - 24nd Annual Maritime Symposium
Last Saturday the place to be was Boston University's College of Communication. That is where Navy League of the United States, Massachusetts Bay Council presented the "24th Annual Maritime...
View ArticleWhy Google Is Dangerous For People With ADHD
This happens to me more times than I can say.I should be going to bed at a reasonable hour. I'm thinking about spring. I want a bike. Let's Google this. Just this and then I'll stop. That Schwinn...
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Lost In the #Filibuster, #Filiblizzard
....and getting blindsided by the real snow storm. Yesterday was all rain and wind as I played only reading politics. I had watched nearly ten of the twelve plus hours of the recent filibuster,...
View ArticleTime/Date Problems
The problem with not working is not realizing what day of the week it is. As the Dowager Countess of Grantham says "What is a week end?" Except for doctor's appointments there is very little in my...
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Happy 100th Mama Kelley!
My mother's mother, a woman who was a huge influence in my life, was born 100 years ago today.She went to go and join my grandfather in Heaven years ago, yet she is a presence in my life still.I quote...
View ArticleWhere My Friend ADM Harvey USN (ret) Landed.
ADM John C Harvey, USN (ret) will head Virginia's Commission on Military Installations and Defense Activities.ADM Harvey, who recently retired after 40 years in the US Navy is the Virginia resident...
View ArticleWhen Did The Ford Hall Forum Become A Drinking Game?
How was that? At the end of the presentation, we were encouraged to ask questions. But we were first admonished to remember that a question starts with "Who; what; why; where; when and ends in a...
View ArticleSometimes I Get A Headache
I got an email containing the Sparrow Project's latest press release. I read it and thought, "Good Heaven's, I'm so glad these people let me know the nonsense the will happen later this week in...
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Farewell, Matthew Colin "Big" Darne
Matt Darne, "BigDarne" or just "Darne" to some of his friends was a presence in the lives of many people. Not the least of which were his fellow correctional officers at Augusta Correctional Facility...
View ArticleLindsey Graham Should Get A Fucking Grip
GOP SENATOR: Boston Suspect Should Be Held As 'Enemy Combatant' And Should Not Have Miranda Rights ReadThis disregard for the US Constitution is far more frightening than anything a terrorist could...
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