The U.S. Air Force A-10 needs new wings. The Air Force has already received funding for wing replacement of 173 aircraft, but they need money for the other 110. From CNN: The US Air Force is telling Congress to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to upgrading the venerable A-10 Warthog ... > Continue Reading
Air Force
The Maryland summer is hotter than Satan’s armpit
Why do I live somewhere that gets so unbearably hot? I've lived here in Maryland for 22 years. Summers in western Maryland are sweltering. It' a point of fact I'm more than acutely aware of, yet I choose to live here. I don't get it. I don't like being hot. If I had to make a choice between ... > Continue Reading
New Balance is a terrible company
New Balance is lobbying the Pentagon to force members of the military to buy only New Balance shoes. The reason? Because New Balance assembles its shoes in America. From the excellent blog The Consumerist: Army and Air Force recruits get a stipend to buy their own footwear from any company they ... > Continue Reading
Memorial Day and why I hate communists
Today is Memorial Day, the one day a year we officially recognize the ultimate sacrifice many, too many, military men and women have paid in service to our country. I spent over nine years in the United States Air Force, and in that time, I personally knew only one person who paid that ultimate ... > Continue Reading
Jack Tramiel, father of the Commodore 64, has died
Jack Tramiel, the father of the Commodore 64 home computer, died Sunday. He was 83. Tramiel founded Commodore International in 1955. Tramiel wanted a military-style name for his new company, and the words General and Admiral were already taken, so Tramiel settled on the word Commodore. The ... > Continue Reading
Cold weather NFL football
I was reading about today's NFC Championship game between the New York football Giants and the Green Bay Packers. The article mentioned that it might turn out to be the coldest game played in NFL history. They say the temperature in Green Bay will be a a balmy 3 degrees tonight at the 5:30 PM CST ... > Continue Reading
