This year appears to be a normal year in Oklahoma in that the weather continues to be bizarre.  Last July we were working to sell our house and we had two four inch rainfalls back to back in three days.  It seems like ever since then we have been in a drought.  We have received [...]

This week started on a relatively calm note with everything seemingly normal when our car broke down on Monday.  Sunday and I left the base to go out for lunch when we heard a grinding sound and then a loud pop.  Of course the engine stopped and then something fell out from under the car.   [...]

What happened to "No shirt, no shoes, no service"? This guy had no shirt on and pants hanging low while ordering. Not one employee questioned him or even attempted to educate him on the laws. This is the McDonald’s at Reno Avenue at Midwest Blvd in Midwest City, OK. It is right next door to [...]

This blog has become a place that is not very representative of Jesus that I have professed to the world.  The very fact that my saying the last sentence makes me uncomfortable tells me that I have drifted away from God more than I ever thought would happen.  This blog seems to have become a [...]

Since I do not have my ham radio gear, and do not live in Del City anymore, I had to improvise to be able to talk on the Del City ARC repeaters.  As most of you know, we sold our Del City home in July 2010.  All of my ham radio gear went into storage [...]

  Wow!  If you live in and around the Oklahoma City area, you have to be thrilled at how well the Oklahoma City Thunder are playing.  Yesterday the Thunder won game seven of the Western Conference Semi-Finals against the Memphis Grizzlies opening the door for the Western Conference Finals.  In just three years, the Oklahoma [...]

There is a battle that goes quietly with no fanfare and is being ignored among leaders in our country.  This battle is the existence of Home Owners Associations (HOA) and covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&R). The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) needs to listen up because this affects all ham radio operators.  If you are [...]

On Wednesday, May 8, 2011 I posted this post about being wrong about Apple and all the bashing I have done over the years.  In that moment of philanthropy I was not thinking straight so I would like to take this opportunity to take that back.  As I have said all along, my complaints against [...]

In the continuing life near an Air Force base story, I get to see more aircraft fly over my house in a day than most people do in a year.  I took this picture of an F-22 aircraft as it approached my house.  There were four of these aircraft that landed this morning before a [...]