http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=903444&catid=391

For more information go to: http://www.BeyondTheYellowRibbon.org

Original publication on KAAL’s website: http://kaaltv.com/article/stories/S1915966.shtml?cat=10217

http://www.carlmadsen.com/vacations/

This year’s Back to the Fifties pictures are already available. 221 shots from Friday’s show are available here (scroll to the bottom):

http://www.carlmadsen.com/old-cars/

Going to my union meeting tonight, should be a good time. I’m a Sergeant at Arms, working the back table. The nearby parking ramp recently automated, so to validate parking we have to hand out passes AFTER they sign for it…

Tomorrow Never Comes

http://www.carlmadsen.com/movies/tomorrow-never-comes.html

We are attending Level 2 obedience classes today with our dog Fresca at the K9 coach. Not sure who is getting the obedience training, I think it’s Fresca, but I’m doubtful. I’ve been the butt of jokes before.

Airborne

Apparently I didn’t wash my hands enough. I caught something and have a cold. I’ve been trying both Airborne and Zicam, seeing if either (or both) helps reduce the amount of time I’m all winy and irritating. I’m also eating a lot of green grapes and napping a lot.

Great Children’s Song by Bill Harley – www.billharley.com

Trista Matascastillo is a veteran who leads the Minnesota Women Veterans Initiative Working Group. (Courtesy photo)

Women make up 16 percent of the armed services and serve in all levels of leadership. We bring extraordinary value to the service of our country. But I’m quickly discovering that many women who have served do not recognize themselves as veterans.

There has long been a kind of unwritten rule, perpetuated by our male counterparts, that if you didn’t serve in combat you weren’t really a veteran, but were simply fulfilling “support” or “service” roles. Women veterans do not have the same experiences as their male counterparts. Women have to fight harder, work harder, complain less and sacrifice more just to be considered equal. We fight the same wars, have the same mission and defend the same country. We mourn the loss of our friends and suffer injuries from the enemy. Continue reading →

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
– Emo Phillips

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/16/us/16women.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

New York Times article 16 August 2009

As the convoy rumbled up the road in Iraq, Specialist Veronica Alfaro was struck by the beauty of fireflies dancing in the night. Then she heard the unmistakable pinging of tracer rounds and, in a Baghdad moment, realized the insects were illuminated bullets.
Continue reading →

My friend Tom Slatoski caught a 55 inch Muskie on Lac Mille Lacs, June 6th, 2009…

Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier.
Blore’s Razor

Click on this image to see all the pictures:

Ann Arbor Michigan August 09

Or just watch this slideshow:

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.
- Dan Rather

We had a nice vacation along route 61 to Rockwood Lodge on the Gunflint Trail…
see pictures by clicking here.

Bath 11 July 2009

Saturday all the dogs sat on the couch while we had breakfast, and in the afternoon they got baths. Ollie and Wookie were very good in the tub, no one panicked, a good scrubbing was given to each. Fresca was used to these baths so no big deal for her.

Nostalgia isnt what it used to be.

- Peter De Vries

Rosters for this years Midsummer Classic in St. Louis were announced Sunday, and joining AL starting catcher Joe Mauer are first baseman Justin Morneau and closer Joe Nathan.

via The Official Site of The Minnesota Twins | twinsbaseball.com: Homepage.

my Packard’s innerds…

http://aliceramsey.org/

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-ramsey7-2009jun07

On June 9th, 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey set out on the journey of lifetime. Accompanied by three female companions, they drove from 1930 Broadway in New York City on an epic transcontinental journey. Forty-one days later, Alice, a Vassar College alumna, would become the first woman to drive across America.

In 2005, Richard Anderson, a Pacific Northwest antique car aficionado, and his 34-year old daughter Emily began preparations to rebuild a 1909 Maxwell DA. Their goal: to complete the car for June 9th, 2009 – the 100-year anniversary of Alice’s landmark drive – and drive away from 1930 Broadway with Emily at the helm. The final destination: the St. James Hotel in San Francisco, California – exactly where Alice’s 1909 trip concluded – with multiple events along the way to pay homage to women’s accomplishments during the last century. (read more)

I caught this 19 inch Lake Trout on Lake Daniels in the BWCAW off of
the Gunflint trail near Rockwood Lodge http://www.rockwoodbwca.com

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
– John Andrew Holmes

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
– Frank Zappa

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our
liberties than standing armies.
– Thomas Jefferson

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
– Walt Disney

Everything I am
And everything in me
Wants to be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could

3 Doors Down – When I'm Gone

Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
– George Orwell

It's one thing to pass laws, and it's another to make the laws work.

If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
– Jimmy Buffett

Four slugs from a 44 – no les, no more.
Picture taken in Tombstone, Arizona. (c) 2001 by Betsy Malloy

I'm real proud of our Christmas Light Display this year…I did this
all by myself.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1240.html

Fly Away Home

Atop a modified Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, space shuttle Endeavour
began the journey from Edwards Air Force Base on the first leg of its
ferry flight back to the Kennedy Space Center just after sunrise on
Dec. 10, 2008.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
  – Pablo Picasso

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good.
– Samuel Johnson

Space shuttle Endeavour touches down at Edwards Air Force Base on Nov.
30, 2008, concluding the STS-126 mission. This image captures
Endeavour's drag chute as it deployed as the shuttle touched down the
base's Runway 4.

MSN.com has some very nice online maps, including a new bird's eye
view that has aerial photos taken at an angle.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTSN&cp=rgrh5s778dr8&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=6210624&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

November 13, 2008 8:30 AM PST
Hawaii's new wave power

On the surface, OPT's PowerBuoy resembles any ordinary ocean buoy.

Ocean Power Technologies announced Thursday that it will be installing a water-power buoy system to tie into Hawaii's Oahu Island power grid.
The New Jersey-based company makes ocean buoys that harness the energy of ocean waves to generate electricity that is then sent back to shore via underwater cable.
Through a partnership with the U.S. Navy, Ocean Power has been developing technology that could supplement electricity needs for the military in Hawaii. More…

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
 - Jack Handey

Stephanie learned how to better tie your shoes with the cobbler's knot:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1015661/worlds_best_shoe_knot/

I'm still not working but I have applied for a job at Minnesota GreenStar, a non profit organization promoting green building standards for residential construction and existing homes. I'm looking forward to a visit from Jim and Chris this Friday, we are having dessert and they get to meet Fresca. Later this month we are hosting Thanksgiving, and Stephanie's family visits and generally we have a good time.

Stephanie's aunt Amy was in a farming accident and is still in the hospital in Rochester. Hopefully she'll be able to go home soon.

I'm studying Dreamweaver, CSS, Coda, and php again. A really good website to learn computer applications is lynda.com, and I've spent many hours there watching their tutorials.

Books I'm reading right now include the fourth book in the Thursday Next series and Cesar Millan's second book.

Three Scary Pumpkins – 2008

Three Scary Pumpkins – 2007

Three Scary Pumpkins – 2006

Fresca posed for me while staring at a squirrel. See her complete website here.

Because of the redesign of the home page, I created a new page for Lady here.

Fresca of course can be found here.

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