Thank you for your service?? I recorded the video for this one a while ago and kind of sat on it..and sat on it, and got to the point where I totally forgot that I filmed it until a couple days ago. So now that Veterans Day is here, it seems fitting that this post should go out today. I… Read More
I’m baaaaacckkk!! With a New Job!!
Hi guys and gals! My apologies for being off the grid for the past few weeks, but I’ve been getting my crap in order with accepting a new job offer, quitting my old job, and getting started in my new job, among other things…so I’ve been a wee bit busy these past few weeks. I finally got some time to… Read More
What Was Your First Job?
What was your first job? Mine involved uniforms, ships, and airplanes…and it wasn’t by choice. Let me explain. When I was 16 and in high school in the Philippines, I wanted to have some spending money while I hung out with my friends. We had just moved to the Philippines after my dad retired from the Navy in Japan, and… Read More
Is this some sort of drill?
Wikipedia entry of the Washington Navy Yard shooting:Â Â https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard_shooting It started out as a normal Monday morning. I had just started at this new job in the Washington Navy Yard in Washington DC about a month prior and I was getting settled into the new environment. I had been commuting from my home about an hour and a half away each… Read More
A “Normal” Childhood – Part 1
Is it abuse if you don’t know what non-abuse is? I had a pretty normal childhood. I mean every kid had a dad who was gone a lot (he was in the Navy), and a mom who burned their only child with a cigarette and chased them around a 9th floor condo with a butcher knife, right? What? You mean… Read More