Quagmire Sump
November 24, 2014Sunshine Monday here on this little stretch of California’s northern coast — a cold-feeling wind does give bite to the flavor a bit, though. The word, ‘cold,’ is relative, of course. We’re at about 45…
Category Archives: Just Plain War
Weathered Day
November 11, 2014Dark and overcast this Tuesday afternoon here on California’s north coast — and getting cold, too. We’re forecast for rain tomorrow, and on-n-off precipitation through the weekend. Of course, our ‘cold,’ ain’t nowhere like ‘cold‘…
Afghan Affection
November 7, 2014Bright shiny sunshine this afternoon, and a nice warm breeze, too. In the quaking and shuddering over the midterms, one item just a week or so ago seemed to pass without much notice — the…
Nunchaku Numb-Nuts
November 1, 2014War-zone Saturday: “This district is what you’d probably call the southwestern United States. That was before it was destroyed by the war.” “War?” “Yes. According to history, over 100 years ago, a man named Albert…
Time Toss
October 29, 2014High fluffy clouds, bright sunshine this Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast, and nearly no wind — gorgeous. Windows open, back sliding-glass door shoved open to its stop. Around here, weather shifts in a snap-second,…
Cakewalk Creep — Apache-Chopper Style
October 5, 2014Another slide into some kind of whirlwind war zone once again, the odds are slowly being upped for more American flesh being put on the line in Iraq. Not yet ‘boots on the ground,’ but…
Iraqi Boots
October 4, 2014Maybe an ominous turn of events in the anti-ISIS campaign in Iraq — the crazy horde might secure Abu Ghraib, just outside Baghdad, and could place their captured US 155 mm howitzers within range of…
No Country for Old People
October 3, 2014The Global AgeWatch Index, a study on the influence of old folks, reported the worse country in the whole world to grow old in is Afghanistan — a horrible tribute to a lost, terrified country,…
IS IS and US
September 1, 2014The late, great Gen. William Odom, in October 2005: “The invasion of Iraq I believe will turn out to be the greatest strategic disaster in U.S. history.” The good general, though, was just talking American…
‘So Bad Inside Iraq’
July 30, 2014High overcast and some patches of ground fog this early mid-week Wednesday on California’s north coast, along with just a touch of chilled breeze — not too shabby. Overwhelmed by other horror stories — the…