Heroes, Part 2

Ten years ago last month one of my childhood heroes died.  I haven’t seen any articles in the press about it which I guess is rather consistent with today’s media.  You would, however, think that this particular person would have at least had created some type of “In Memory of” piece about him based on the number of lives he touched.  The man I’m referring to is Mister Rogers.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 10

Welcome to another Link-Friday!  I was looking at the list of links that I keep on the back burner and noticed that the list is, like, huge!  When I first started to compile links for Link-Friday I would always have a hard time coming up with five (why I chose five I will never know…).  Now I’m having a hard time whittling the list down to five.  So, welcome to our first Link-Friday Link Clearinghouse!  So, I’m going to spit out as many one or two liners and links as will fit in this little post.  So, with luck on my side, here goes…

Our first link is one I wished that I had known about for the holidays – making home-made candles out of citrus fruit.  Here are a couple of links to it:

Links-R-Us, Vol. 8

Wow…  It’s been a while since I last posted something – too long for my comfort.

When I started blogging, I had two main goals I wanted to accomplish: blog often and blog something that would be interesting for the reader.   Call it my “all-you-can-eat” buffet of thoughts – lots of good food that you return for often…  Unfortunately the quantity hasn’t quite worked out as well as I had hoped, but with any luck the quality of the content has been satisfying for those who have chosen to partake…  I thank you for listening to me rant, but that’s not what I’m writing about today.  Today is once again Link-Friday!

Today I am starting with a couple of similar links.  The first is the movie trailer for part one of The Hobbit.  The movie isn’t scheduled to come out until a year from now, but the first trailer is up and it looks good!  The second link is the announcement of Lego: Lord of the Rings for game systems.  I have four children waiting with baited breath for that puppy to show up.  Unfortunately, it isn’t scheduled to come out until July 2012.  Enjoy:

Standing on a Wall

Veterans Day always stirs certain emotions in me.  Many years ago I almost served in the Air Force – almost is the key word.  Somehow we became a “kinder and gentler” nation and my dreams of being a pilot disappeared with the reduction of our military force.  (Ironically, Iraq invaded Kuwait within six months of the reduction…).  I still turn my eyes skyward every time I hear jet-noise from a military jet.  But, this isn’t about me.