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September 26, 2005

a QUIET house

It's awfully quiet in the house tonight. David left early this morning to catch the Shinkansen (AKA: Shin, Bullet train) to northern Honshu. He'll be there for a couple more days for work. This is the first time we've been...

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Posted by Melody at 05:18 PM | Read Comments (0)
September 24, 2005

My personal ramblings on this new generation of sailors

Some of you may wonder about what life is like for me on the Nation's only permanently forward deployed aircraft carrier. In a nutshell, it's pretty good compared to my brothers and sisters in harm's way in the desert....

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Posted by Melody at 08:49 AM | Read Comments (0)
February 18, 2005

Happy Birthday, Charlie!!

Today is our nephew Charlie's birthday...He's finally hitting the big "2" and has already been labeled "Genius" by his mother. He's graduating to the big boy bed, and is already engaging in the very male habit of reading books while...

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Posted by djf at 09:50 PM | Read Comments (0)
February 17, 2005

Politics Test

Yeah, I know that this isn't really travel in the traditional sense of the word... But, while surfing thru some of the other, more political blogs that I frequent, I found one of those tests that show your political/economic/social leanings....

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Posted by djf at 11:17 AM | Read Comments (0)
February 13, 2005

Nerd Alert!

I've found some good Catholic blogs lately run by some pretty cool priests, and one had a link to the "nerd test." Seeing as I'm sort of the guy who sits in the front of my Arabic class taking notes...

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Posted by djf at 01:37 PM | Read Comments (2)
February 09, 2005

Fungus Resistant Media

I was contemplating a box of 3.5" floppy disks this afternoon, when I noticed that the first characteristic listed on the back of the box, before "Anti-static Design" or "Tamper Evident Box" was....Fungus Resistance. I'm not sure I understand...I, as...

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Posted by djf at 06:13 PM | Read Comments (2)
February 08, 2005

Why was it so strange to enjoy the dentist today?

Let's face it...no one likes to go to the dentist. But, if you like your teeth, it's not a bad idea to go regularly (I've seen some "hand grenade mouths" around here...the kind you just cringe to look at...). In...

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Posted by djf at 08:49 PM | Read Comments (0)
February 05, 2005

Readership of the Blog...

I just spoke with George from the Empty Quarter trip who has some friends up in Iraq who read this blog. To you, let me say Thanks. We're down here, in the same theater, getting the same hostile fire pay,...

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Posted by djf at 03:32 PM | Read Comments (0)
January 28, 2005

Groundhog Day

Why Groundhog Day as a title? Well, I've discovered in my short time here on the Kitty City, that the longer I'm at sea, the more things are the same, day to day. We've been out at sea only 3...

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Posted by Melody at 10:46 PM | Read Comments (1)
November 04, 2004

It's Over, No Recounts...Viva Bush!!

Well, the day came and went, and looks like things worked out for the best. President Bush was reelected yesterday with clear majorities in both the popular votes and Electoral College. In my opinion, that is a very good thing...

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Posted by djf at 10:22 AM | Read Comments (0)
October 23, 2004

Celebrities stump for the President

Here's how a few of my favorite celebs are encouraging people to get out the vote. The TICK Endorses George W. Bush for President (my favorite superhero) Now, normally, I stay out of politics. Politics involves a lot of thinking...

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Posted by djf at 11:51 AM | Read Comments (0)
October 18, 2004

My Vote is Cast...

They were starting to have me worried. I thought that somewhere, some Kerry operative had kidnapped my absentee ballot and was reducing it to ashes, thus depriving me of an opportunity to deny his (or her...let's be PC about this)...

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Posted by djf at 10:21 PM | Read Comments (0)

Plane Agony...

Well, I think that I'm done with the seemingly endless saga of buying airline tickets for our next trip...It was a major pain in the butt, however necessary, since it's much too far and wet to walk where we're going....

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Posted by djf at 08:32 PM | Read Comments (0)
October 15, 2004

Happy Birthday, Dad

Yesterday, 14 Oct 04, was my Dad's 62nd birthday...We sent him a bonsai tree from "Bonsaiboy.com." Hope he enjoys it... Happy Biirthday, Pop!...

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Posted by djf at 02:48 PM | Read Comments (0)
October 13, 2004

Bush Backer here...

A few minutes ago, I noticed on the Googleads bar links to some sites that weren't all that favorable to President Bush. I just want to make it known publicly here that I am, was last time, and will definitely...

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Posted by djf at 09:41 PM | Read Comments (0)
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