the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
From the monthly archives:
Years ago David Sedaris wrote that there is nothing more sad than seeing a man standing on a street corner dressed as a taco. And now, someone has decided that we can do better.
The new National Museum of Crime & Punishment opened a few days ago just around the corner from my job. The museum staff [...]
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Yay to us. We met in 1995, started dating in 1999, and moved together to Seattle in 2000 for Elysia’s first duty station at Bremerton. We were married six years ago today in Central Park.
I proposed during a quick vacation and visit to Elysia’s family in Queens. It is one of the few times I [...]
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It was incredibly nice weather today, so we took the Metro to downtown Washington DC to hear the US Navy Band and Sea Chanters (chorus) at the Navy Memorial. Pictures here.
There was a wreath laying, words to honor and remember veterans, and a rendition of Taps. The band played everything you would expect a military [...]
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For a few months I was having a hard time figuring out what those little blue decals were showing up on many of the cars on military bases.
I decided — incorrectly — that they were some sort of smug shorthand code for supporting the Global War On Terrorism, similar to the Human Rights Campaign’s yellow equal sign for [...]
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I finished my eighth, and final, basic cake decorating class. We had to come up with something using a Wonder mold, which makes a dome.
I decided to make an aging hippie.
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