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Archive for January, 2007

Part two…

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

This is part two to "Don't count your chickens"She then called the reserve P-3 squadron at Willow Grove to tell the Navy that her loving husband was dead, and to find out who she needed to send the death ...

Don’t count your chickens…

Monday, January 29th, 2007 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Sometimes, the truth is stranger then fiction. I think this post should be sent to “Cold Case Files,” but I’ll leave it up to you, the readers out there in Cyberland to determine who did what to whom.When I ...

Lessons learned…

Monday, January 22nd, 2007 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

It’s been a year since I started writing on Blogspot over in Iraq. I owe it all to Major Pain over at One Marines View for all of his help and time while I struggled to learn the code. Now ...

Now the Rest of the story…

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Walking out of my room into the Corpus muggy August morning, I slowly recited my emergency procedures for the days flight. Crossing the grass, I looked up to see my blue Chevy S-10 and part of it was covered in ...

The Birds

Friday, January 12th, 2007 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

The five flight students were sitting outside their room on the third deck of the Bachelor Officers Quarters (BOQ) in Corpus Christi, Texas, enjoying some afternoon adult beverages while watching the sun start its’ slow descent to the west. ...

Missing the big picture

Saturday, January 6th, 2007 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Before I continue with my Corpus Christi Saga, I have to put a plug in for a great American and his name is Cpl Matt Sanchez USMCR. I’m very impressed with this guy and hope that one day he ...

Pepe’ Le Pew

Thursday, January 4th, 2007 Posted in The SandGram v1.0 | No Comments »

Corpus Christi 1990The five flight students were finishing another pitcher of beer at the “Eleventh Hour,” a dark jazz club in the heart of downtown Corpus, but with the added bonus of the upstairs “Crow’s Nest;” a fly boy’s dream ...