A Refreshing Blog

I was doing some good old fashioned blog surfing today and wound up on a blog at www.BradRuggles.com .... What a refreshing blog......... very uplifting and a nice, pleasant read. So many times when blog surfing I wind up on a growing number of extreme blog with subjects ranging from ultra liberalism to anti-God to porn to whatever other fringe lunacy is out there.

Brad's blog has none of that. Just a good clean read by a self professed geek slash church pastor.

I recommend this one and add it to my list of reads..................eric

Earth Girls Are Easy And The Price Of Gas

I was channel surfing earlier today and flipped by a channel that caught my eye. It wasn't the big chested platinum blond that made me take notice. It was the .89 cents a gallon gas on the gas pump in one of the scenes. I checked the date on the movie, "Earth Girls Are Easy" and it said 1988. 19 years ago and gas has risen over $3.00 a gallon.

Plain Coffee At Starbucks - Employees Can't Function

I stopped in Starbuck's the other day to have a cup of coffee. When I placed my order I think I put the young man behind the counter in a state of shock. He seemed as if he could not comprehend my order. I even though I heard several gasps from those in line behind me. Silence fell about the place and an eerie dark cloud descended and covered the coffee shop in a sickly gray hue. (not really)

But the guy behind the counter did stop for a second to think about what I said.

"I'll have a straight up black coffee, nothing added"

God How I Miss My Days In The Navy

I was surfing through some navy oriented websites this evening and a flood of memories came back. What a great time that was......... 8 years with 5 of them at sea aboard the USS Constellation and the USS Enterprise. I made three WestPac / Indian Ocean deployments during the 1980's with each cruise lasting approximately 9 months.

Who can forget Subic Bay Philippines, Singapore, Perth, Mombassa and of course day after day after day after day on Gonzo Station. I miss my former shipmates. I miss the camaraderie.

I wish I had those days back. So many memories.........both good and bad but all never forgotten.

Rough Seas - South China Sea

Calmer Seas Somewhere in the Indian Ocean

Leaving Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Underway in the Straits of Malacca Between
Singapore/Malaysian Penninsula and Indonesia

Inport Subic Bay Philippines