
I finished a great book recently (and indeed many of you probably thought it was a permanent addition to my ‘Currently Reading’ due to my procrastination)… it’s called The Right Thing by Retired Navy Commander Scott Waddle. You may recognize his name as the CO of the USS Greeneville, a nuclear submarine that collided with [...]
February 9, 2006 – 5:25 pm

My new hard drive is finally being used, but not how I’d like. Despite my best efforts, and the use of some otherwise reliable hard drive companies’ software, I was not able to convert my new drive over to the boot drive (C:) with a valid image of the original hard drive. The closest I [...]
December 8, 2005 – 10:37 pm

You know you’re in a great country when… …you can stand on a pier surrounded by other anxious people – young, old – family and friends… each having a sailor on board a returning warship – son, daughter, mother, father… little children waving flags in excitement… grown women weeping at the sight of their husband’s [...]
December 7, 2005 – 9:55 pm

On this anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor (probably the most infamous day in US Naval history) I am in Groton, CT at the New London Sub Base to welcome my little brother back from his deployment cruise on the USS Miami. It is on a day like this that one, if they have [...]