Its 12:43 am

   I am sitting here at work but I am concerned about Derek Jeter,I think he might have some issues...his fur is dry looking and his dander,despite being brushed 3 times a week,is pretty bad...and for the first time,he missed a jump he normally makes quite easy.

  I am going to make a appointment w/Dr. Foss this week. I'm am very worried about my buddy. He is my best friend on many levels and while he is only 10 years old,health issues have to be acknowledged I suppose.


Your prayers and thoughts would be most welcome.

http://news.aol.com/article/man-fathers-20-kids/501977




Its 7:50 pm



disgraceful is only word I can use here....

Caught this over at Daily Kos.....


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/31/736783/-Adolph-and-Rush-in-their-own-words



thoughts?

Its 12:40 am


  Hope everyone had a good weekend.

Been a quiet week here....but the weather has been great. Got to hit the lawn with the mower for the first time this week. And that in itself is funny,see we share a common backyard with two other houses,we don't have fences up yet we know where our property lines are. But if one had doubts,you only have to wait til someone cuts thier grass.
  When someone cuts,that lawn looks very nice and all of a sudden YOUR lawn is looking pretty crappy. Homeowner pride gets you pretty quick and you can't wait til you yank that mower's ripcord and get to mowin'! Then the last house is looking crappy and the cycle begins again.

  Derek and I were bird watching this week at the robin's nest. I was reading the paper and he was in the window mewing softly whenever he saw activity. Suddenly he sits up and lets off a big "meow",I look up and there they go...the chicks took wing and left the nest. One flew pretty strong and away,the other sort of crash landed in the front lawn and sat there. I went outside and watched him for a while,making sure no one bothered him. I took a shoebox just case he was unable to fly. I could hear his momma chirpin' away but he just sat there for 20 minutes. I was about to go get him when he took off,not the best flight,but he made it to some branches where t was safer. We left the nest as is for now.

 I am finding myself enjoying Facebook more and more....in fact,I am import my blog here to my page there. Of course many of my friends there will be shocked to see how I roll....meaning I despise Republicans,hate churches and thier greedy handouts and talk hella trash about Detroit aka Murder City. Truly the most racist,genocidal city in America.  But thats how I write and how I feel. I may not write long articles but I think I get my point across.

  We enjoyed our first BBQ of the season this weekend,we did hamburgers on Friday,chicken shish kabobs on Saturday and hot dogs tonight. Throw in some fresh corn,homemade chcolate chip cookies and iced tea and it was a great weekend at Iron Chef Sullivan's grill *LOL*.

 This week will find us once again in the yard,planting Columbines that I got my wife. I was inspired by some certain artwork that a dear friend had done highlighting that flower. Also got some daises and decided to try a tomato plant as well. Personally,I think we're whistling dixie there....we'll be laying some mulch down and I have two holes to mend on our deck.  And of course,pulling weeds will be the highlight of this activity...

  So how did you observe Memorial Day?

John Charles Waldron (24 August 1900 – 4 June 1942) was a United States Navy aviator who led a squadron of torpedo bombers in World War II. He and most of his squadron perished in the Battle of Midway.


Naval aviation training and shore duty

Waldron was born on 24 August 1900 at Fort Pierre, South Dakota. He received an appointment as midshipman from his home state on 16 June 1920 and graduated with the United States Naval Academy Class of 1924. Following his initial sea duty in Seattle (CA-11), Waldron went to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., where he received his wings in the summer of 1927. Over the ensuing months, Waldron flew with torpedo squadrons (VT-1S and VT-9S and received his commission as a Lieutenant (jg.) on 16 February 1928. He served at the Naval Academy from 24 May to 13 September 1929, where he instructed midshipmen in the field of aviation. Then, after duty as an instructor at the NAS Pensacola, between October 1929 and June 1931, Waldron went to sea again, this time with Scouting Squadron 3B (VS-3B), based on board Lexington (CV-2), reporting for duty on 1 July 1931.

Waldron flew observation aircraft off Colorado (BB-45), before he joined Patrol Squadron 1B (VP-1B), Battle Force, for a brief period in late 1936. Subsequently flying from Saratoga (CV-3) with Fighter Squadron 3 (VF-3) until the early summer of 1939, he reported back to NAS, Pensacola, for further instructor's duty on 27 June 1939. Waldron then served three successive tours of shore duty, all involving flying, at the Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Va.; the Bureau of Ordnance, Washington, D.C.; and finally in the 3rd Naval District, where he was appointed naval inspector of ordnance at the plant of Carl L. Norden, Inc., in New York—makers of the famed Norden bombsight. Detached from that duty in the summer of 1941, Lt. Comdr. Waldron took command of the newly-formed Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8), part of the embryonic air group being assembled for the new fleet carrier Hornet (CV-8) at Newport News, Virginia. The Pearl Harbor attack, though, meant that his training of his men had to be intensive.

 At Midway

"Torpedo 8" did not get a chance to practice its trade, however, until nearly 10 months after it had been commissioned at Norfolk. Too late to take part in the Battle of the Coral Sea, VT-8 would receive its brutal baptism of fire at the turning point of the Pacific War—the Battle of Midway. In the days preceding that battle, VT-8 led a relaxed existence on board the carrier as she steamed toward "Point Luck" from Pearl Harbor in the first few days of June 1942. Finally, on the eve of battle, Commander Waldron called his men together and distributed a mimeographed plan of attack. He concluded by saying that if worst came to worst, he wanted each man to do his utmost to destroy the enemy. "If there is only one plane left to make a final run-in," he told his men, "I want that man to go in and get a hit. May God be with us all. Good luck, happy landings, and give 'em hell."

The next day, 4 June, the 15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of VT-8 launched from Hornet's flight deck in search of the enemy. LCDR Waldron, disagreeing with the Hornet's Commander, Air Group about where the Japanese carriers would be found, soon split his squadron off from the Hornet strike group, and in fact happened to lead his unit directly to the Japanese carrier group, the only carrier-launched strike group to succeed in navigating directly to the engagement (the Hornet's dive-bomber and accompanying fighter escort missed the day's engagements entirely). Waldron, leading the first carrier attack group to approach the Japanese carriers (somewhat after 9:00AM local time, over an hour before the American dive bombers would arrive), was grimly aware of the lack of fighter protection, but true to his plan of attack committed Torpedo 8 to battle. Without fighter escort, his attack bombers vulnerably underpowered and lacking in defensive armament, and required by the unreliable torpedoes to fly low and slow directly at their targets, all of the Hornet's torpedo planes soon fell to the undivided attention of the enemy's combat air patrol of Mitsubishi "Zero" fighters. Of the 30 men who set out that morning, only one—Ens. George H. Gay, Jr., USNR—survived. Their sacrifice, however, had not been in vain. The TBDs had drawn down the fighter cover over the Japanese carriers and forced the ships to maneuver radically, delaying the aircraft rearming operations the Japanese were committed to. After two further, separate attacks by the remaining two attack squadrons over the next hour, the Japanese fighter cover and anti-air coordination had become overly focused on low-level defense, leaving the Japanese carriers completely vulnerable to the late-arriving Douglas SBD Dauntless high-altitude carrier dive bombers from Yorktown (CV-5) and Enterprise (CV-6), which were able to deliver their strikes that quickly and fatally damaged three of the four Japanese carriers, changing the course of the battle.

Torpedo 8 earned the Presidential Unit Citation (US); Lt. Comdr. Waldron received the Navy Cross posthumously, as well as a share of the unit citation.

Its 1:32


  Happy birthday....*s*


She Walks In Beauty




      She walks in beauty,like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies
      And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and in her eyes
       Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies

One shade the more,one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven trees
Or softly lightens o'er her face
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure,how dear their dwelling-place.

And on the cheek and o'er that brow,
So soft,so calm,yet eloquent
The smiles that win,the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!



from me to you.

Its 5:45 am


   So yesterday was "doomsday" for 789 Chrysler dealers across the country. This is merely the speartip,as over 3,000 dealersships are expected to close by 2010,causing a job loss of 159,000,massive property tax losses for cities,critical ad revenue for local papers. This is a serious blow to the economic recovery and the fallout is going to be crippling on so many levels.

  One of local 15 dealership that got the axe was the Fox Hills dealership here in Plymouth...we bought both of our PT Cruisers there. I told my wife the news and we both strongly agreed,I would call the salesman who sold my wife her car (the guy who sold me mine has been gone) and let him know we would be willing to write a letter of reference on his behalf....he was kind,professional,ethical and had a nice sense of humor. I did chat with him and while he says he "might retire",I don't think he will. He was very concerned for his co-workers and is worried for a lot of them.  He has good reason...what was really sad is that so many dealers were caught by surprise,this was a very fast and nasty step the automakers have undertaken as part of trying to save themselves...but what a bitter pill to swallow.

 But I do have a request,if you have bought a car recently and had a good experience with the salesman,call him/her up and thank them. We did when bought our cars and doing it again will help the confidence of these poor folks.

 Its now Saturday morning...my back is on fire,our frame is bowing in the middle which is causing the bed to bend and has knocked my spine out of whack so I am going to have to visit the local chiropractor on Mon-Tues for an adjustment and figure out how to fix this frame.

I'm pretty excited...we are getting away for a mid-week overnighter to Put-In-Bay again. We haven't been since we lived in Northville but after peeping the offseason prices,we are so there! Its about a two hour car ride from where we live now,we're leaving early Wednesday morning and hitting the trail.
  Put-In-Bay is a very cool secret,it only has 200 year 'round residents,a small airport and it can only traveled to by boat/small plane. Only residents are allowed cars,tourists drive golf carts which is half the fun. I have a few pictures up from my last trip,will post some new ones when we get back.

More Warren,Miichigan follies.....seems like called the Warren police about a escaped black panther in a drain ditch,the police rolled up and after being told a tranq dart would take to long to knock the panther out,decided to taser it instead.
The cops spotted the panther and indeed tasered it but good...but to no avail. The cat just sat there,they again tried to taser it....no effect. They then slipped a catchpole around it and dragged it out. The cops found it why thier tasers were ineffective....they had been tasering a STUFFED ANIMAL! *lmao*

And besides,the area's only panther was safely in his home,curled up on my lap.

Ite grey and overcast here today,our subdivison is have a massive yard sale. We made the rounds yesterday and bought a used Dyson vacauum for 20 bucks,its very colorful and probably needs a overhaul but for now,its pretty sweet. Those vacauums are amazing and pretty powerful.
   I picked up a novel for a quarter and after I post this,am rambling down the street to see if my corner neighbor is selling today...last year,I picked up a few good sports themed books.

My Facebook adventures are going well....had a great time catching up w/old friends from my clubs days and even a couple of schoolmates....feel free to add me there/here if you want.

Stay well and drop a comment!