Good with the Bad

Isnt that the way it goes?  That things are going wonderfully and someone comes and smacks you in the face with a brick.  I was going to sit down and write about our wonderful weekend away for the Awards Banquet, but too many other things have come up. First I find out that I am about [...]

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Recruiting Frustration (Again)

I might sound like a broken record on here when it comes to recruiting.  Maybe it’s because I only post when the Navy is pissing me off.  But right now, I am pissed.  Here’s the deal:  there are practically NO jobs for the recruiters to fill.  The only jobs they currently can fill are: SEAL [...]

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[Cross-posted at LeftFace]
First this news story made me scratch my head. Then it made me angry.
At an apartment complex in Albany, OR residents are not allowed to fly the American Flag.
But to Oaks Apartment management, Clausen said, the American flag symbolizes problems.
Residents are not even allowed to have flags on their vehicles. One resident was told [...]

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My Father

I wrote a very honest post back in March about my father, and the struggles we have been through to get to know one another.   I had just read an article in the paper about him, and that he was back in jail.  I wrote about him again a few days later because I found out his [...]

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A New Job?

So, my very best friend called me on Friday to tell me that there was an opening at a company she used to work for.  She said that if I was interested to send in my resume ASAP.  And when she talked to them she mentioned that I was moving in the spring, and the [...]

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Prison in Michigan Considered to Replace Gitmo

Mich. prison considered to replace Guantanamo from Navy Times – News

STANDISH, Mich. — A federal team is expected to visit a maximum-security prison in Standish that could be used to hold terrorism suspects now detained at Guantanamo Bay.Representatives of the Defense, Justice and Homeland Security departments on Thursday are expected to tour the prison in [...]

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I’ve Been Waiting…

I’ve been waiting until I uploaded pictures from the Obama speech to post about it.  But since I am pretty lazy, it hasnt happened yet.  I don’t really have the energy right now to get into the politics of the speech, but I will say that it was very good.  Whether you like President Obama [...]

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Theif!

Someone in my office, or should I say some woman in my office has stolen my hairspray out of the bathroom.  Twice now.  I know that its trivial, but I am mad.  There are other hairsprays, hair shines, hand creams, etc that don’t disappear.  Why take mine?  Its not extra special or anything, but it [...]

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Im Funky

I have been in a F-U-N-K lately.  Thankfully mine is not Suckville like my friends LAW  & Tucker, because that, well… sucks.  But I have been in one none the less.  It seems like I cant pinpoint what exactly is making me feel so blah lately.  Work?  No security clearance yet?  Family?  I really dont [...]

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Finally the Conference is Done

I have been super super stressed about a conference I was planning for work.  I barely had time to scarf down lunch most days in the past few weeks, so blogging has been difficult.  I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders now that its done though.  Lots of people, lots of [...]

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