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Veterans Day
Saturday, November 10th, 2007

I was unable to reach Sgt. Bulmer for a followup interview to last year’s, so as a thank you to my dad and father-in-law who were drafted and who served, as well as my uncle who is a Master Sergeant in the Kansas Reserves and nearing retirement, here some choice phrases from Martin Luther’s “Whether [...]

Happy Memorial Day
Monday, May 28th, 2007

It’s times like these where I’m not the most enthusiastic about state holidays. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, I’m teaching a class that nobody wants to attend but for force of keeping their job. The janitors have taken the weekend and today off, so the trash has piled up and the bathrooms need cleaning. Two-thirds of [...]

Outside the U.S.S. Lexington
Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Class wasn’t in session Wednesday so we went to the beach a couple of hours early. Just south of Corpus Christi Beach is the U.S.S. Lexington, an aircraft carrier that had been converted to a museum. I was too cheap to buy a ticket and didn’t have enough time to see the whole thing, so [...]

VFW Doesn’t Like Ohio Smoking Ban
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ohio and other veterans groups are seeking a ballot initiative to exempt VFW halls from the smoking ban passed last November.
Members-only VFW halls, which veterans believed fell under an exemption clause that appeared on the November ballot, shouldn’t have to comply, said William Seagraves, [...]

Interview with Sergeant Bulmer
Saturday, November 11th, 2006

For Veteran’s Day I was able to take advantage of an opportunity to interview a friend of the family who had been home for rest and recreation.
Dan at NR: Just a reminder, anything you say can and will be used against you.
Sgt Bulmer: Well, that’s good, because that’s the stuff that I do, [...]