Broadside for Valour-IT!
November 3rd, 2009
HA! You have to love Navy Recruiting cartoons done in good taste by famous cartoonists! Jeff Bacon, author of the Broadside cartoons, published his latest work to help support the Valour-IT fund raising campaign. Gahh, enough with me talking, read the comic strip!
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The Valour-IT Auction
November 1st, 2009
Last night you gave out about $30 worth of candy to a bunch of little kids – how about today you pledge at least that like amount to our wounded warriors? Either use the widget in the sidebar or go to this very special E-Bay auction where you can bid on everything from autographed baseballs to beautiful lithographs, all profits will go to our wounded warriors via Project Valour-IT! Here is the link! (Read the rest of the story…)
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2009 Project Valour-IT
October 26th, 2009
And it begins! Once again, Team Navy is helping raise funds for Project Valour-IT. As you may know, on March 9, 2009, Bonnie and I put a couple of thousand dollars into some stocks with the idea of donating, in the name of #TeamNavy, 10% of any money made or $100 whichever was greater on the last day of the drive – November 11, 2009.
The fund started with $2215.62, and to date it is up to $3513.66 – so far we are up to $129.80! You can (Read the rest of the story…)
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Just So Ya Know
July 17th, 2009
For the past week I have been kept very busy with the wife’s latest “honey do” list. The list includes such tasks as tinting the windows of the house (to reduce air conditioning costs), installing hardwood floors in the family room and more, much more…
Well, we can check off installing the hardwood floors from the list – job completed (with help from my neighbor, Joe, the flooring expert – Thanks Joe!!). Some pictures; (Read the rest of the story…)
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How About Some Jazz Music In Memphis!
March 31st, 2009
If you live in the Memphis area I highly recommend you attend Rakenn’s Thursday night jazz session. It is truly an “old school” relaxing event. It features LIVE music and even open mic poetry reading – yea, that’s right, poetry, it is what us college students do!
Place: “The Center” on Highland (Read the rest of the story…)
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My 2009 NCAA Bracket
March 19th, 2009
Figure I should post this before the first game starts – hope its big enough for you to read 
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Donate Blood!
February 6th, 2009
I know you can’t ride off a pint of blood on your taxes and there is no monetary gain to be realized but there are many other reasons to spend the hour or so every 50+ days donating a pint of your blood.
Give the gift of life.
No matter what your blood type may be, there is a need. Here in the Memphis area O negative blood is always at dangerously low levels. “Life Blood” and other organizations have to (Read the rest of the story…)
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Great Christmas Gifts
November 26th, 2008
The following autographed books are up for auction. The proceeds of the sale goes to Valour-IT! Not only do you get a great gift purchase out of the way you help leverage technology to assist wounded veterans live a better life.
Six Frigates
A Most Fortunate Ship
Two Ocean War
UPDATE: All three books have been sold. Thank you for your participation in this worthy event!
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Fish On!
August 16th, 2008
Yup, we went camping again! This time I wanted to do a little fishing and not spend our life savings in gas to get there. After reviewing a few places within a half days drive from Memphis we settled on Bull Schoals – White River State Park.
We called ahead to make reservations and were able to get a site that was actually right on the fast moving river. Having only been trout fishing once in my life prior to this trip I was looking forward to the adventure. (Read the rest of the story…)
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Sailor – Soldier – Marine – Airman
July 12th, 2008
May 19, 1994, the Secretary of the Navy, John H. Dalton, decreed the word Sailor when used in Naval correspondence and referring to Sailors of the U.S. Navy – Sailor will be capitalized. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, in October 2003 and Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. John Jumper, in May 2004 decreed the same for the words Soldier and Airman respectively. Marine (when referring to a person in the Marine Corps) is a proper noun and will always be capitalized.
Sailor, Soldier, and Airman are also considered proper nouns in this blog (I hope in your blog too). I think when you are referring to them in any article, blog, correspondence, print, or print media those words should be capitalized – if you’re afraid some English teacher may come and swat your knuckles, or you’re concerned the grammar police may attempt to arrest you, tell them these words are proper “respect” nouns and they need to follow the lead of the respective military service heads and update their grammar manuals. (Read the rest of the story…)
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