I am impressed.
Google, who took a little heat for not providing a custom logo for Memorial Day, has come out with a logo for Veterans Day.
Good on you, guys.
Thanks also to the men and women of our Armed Forces, who give up more than we know in the defense of our country. Thanks especially to [...]
On the way back from church this morning, there was a scenic view I wanted to check out. The Conemaugh Gap is the deepest gap east of the Mississippi. The foliage made it impossible to see the trains that ran down below.
The NR Gallery has three shots, but this one is my favorite. In the [...]
A 1.5-hour drive took me to Boalsburg, home of the Pennsylvania Military Museum. The married bloggers who write Random Intolerance also live in the State College area, and I got to meet them, too.
Excerpt:
It is a world of difference between where I’m teaching and Russia, just over 500 miles away from my location and 58 miles across the Bering Strait. Our freedom is rented, paid with the lives of volunteer and drafted soldiers for hundreds of years. It can be lost, either through invasion or through the surrender of our willingness to govern ourselves.
For my day off I drove down to Los Angeles and Hollywood.
My first stop was the Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood. I got there right at opening and got really good service. The waitress informed me that the Los Angeles location was temporarily shut down; the landlord had raised the rent, and the HRC [...]
