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ScottTheBadger mentioned his Dad's cousin Lt. Francis Albert Riley, USN .  Lt Riley was aboard USS Albacore SS-218 when she was presu...

An English Defence League supporter takes part in a march in Newcastle on Saturday. Photograph: Jonathan Pow/PA  Sloth from "Goonies...

Memorial Day is........ .....this coming Monday, May 27th b/c it occurs annually on the final Monday of May. ....a day of remembering the me...

Mother's Day was awesome.  Giving and getting gifts, flowers, chocolates.  My mother made her famous potato salad. Although getting th...

I went from - " I like books.  I like holding them.  I like the way they feel.  I like the way they smell.  I like wandering around b...

I'm going to do you all a favor......cause I love you all so much! I believe in doing a good deed a day......I don't always get th...

I was productive Monday....Tuesday......and Wednesday. Thursday was a bridge too far. I am still in my PJs. But there will be a post o...

UPDATE: Angelia reminds us of Thomas Paine's opinion on the subject. He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his e...

GOP SENATOR: Boston Suspect Should Be Held As 'Enemy Combatant' And Should Not Have Miranda Rights Read This disregard for the US ...

Matt Darne, " BigDarne " or just " Darne " to some of his friends was a presence in the lives of many people.  Not the l...

I got an email containing the Sparrow Project's latest press release.  I read it and thought, "Good Heaven's, I'm so glad t...

How was that?  At the end of the presentation, we were encouraged to ask questions.  But we were first admonished to remember that a questio...

ADM John C Harvey, USN (ret) will head Virginia's Commission on Military Installations and Defense Activities. ADM Harvey, who recentl...

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 ...

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 en...

....and getting blindsided by the real snow storm.  Yesterday was all rain and wind as I played only reading politics.  I had watched nearly...

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 bik...

Last Saturday the place to be was Boston University's College of Communication.  That is where Navy League of the United States, Massach...

It's Nuclear not New-Q-La Yes the nickname is Nuke.  Yes.  But you wouldn't call my son Frank, Frank-sis.  It's Francis. Wor...

Mel Gibson, who made "The Passion of the Christ"   says some incredibly awful, anti-Semitic things . Hollywood and the media com...