Christmas 2008

I have decided that Christmas is the only holiday that starts with a prayer and ends with an argument.

I am seriously considering spending next Christmas in Norway.

Captain John Peters

I wish that you all could know John Peters the CO of the USS John Adams (SSBN620B) before Van Meter. In the past 15 years I have become friends with him and his darling wife Joan. As a matter of fact I got their Christmas picture yesterday in the mail. Kari and I spent an afternoon and evening with the Peters in their home in Hawaii in Feb 2003. Even though he makes me call him John I still want to call him Captain.

Here's my favorite John Peters story. When we were in the yards at Portsmouth, Admiral Hyman Rickover used to stay with John and Joan as their (uninvited) guest. John had a Golden Retriever that he had trained to salute by strategically placing scotch tape on the dog's eyebrow. When John gave the command "hand salute" the dog would smartly sit up and render honors with a regulation salute. When Rickover showed up, Hymie (actual AKC registered name was Hyman George Rickover XX) was standing as a "side boy" and on command welcomed the Admiral. John said that it was one of the only times he ever saw the Admiral laugh. (and Peters knew him as a subordinate and a friend for 20 years). Joan said that at bedtime they put Hymie in a dog run in the back yard and after lights out Rickover went out to the back yard and took the dog to his room to watch him do his many tricks.

When we left the Peters home I paused and shook John's hand and said, "I just want to say thank you for taking a punk kid and help him grow into an honorable man." He replied, "I wouldn't have expected anything less from you."

John is one of my biggest heroes.

Addicted To Film

I am 42.8% addicted to film. (Thank you Frank for the link)

Birth Control And Fatherly Advice

Birth Control:

God's most effective form of birthcontrol can be found at this link.

Fatherly Advice:

I have told each of my sons not to stick their manhood somewhere that they don't plan on being deeply involved for the next 18 years and 9 months.

Financial Planning

Usa, Japan

I once had a friend that was born in a town called Usa in Japan. His father was there in the Occupation Army in '49. So people would ask on forms... Place of birth, he would write, "Usa" and that would satisfy them.

Usa is located in Oita Prefecture on Kyushu Island.

Piss Off The Dem's

You know what would really PISS OFF the Democrats...

Bush should resign now.

Then Dick Cheney becomes President (that would really PISS OFF the liberals)!!!

Then he appoints Condoleezza Rice as Vice President.

Then Cheney resigns two weeks later and Condoleezza Rice, A Republican, becomes the first BLACK President and the first WOMAN President !!!

Quote Of The Day #1

As I hear these "incredible" quotes I will post them here to my blog....hopefully on a day-to-day basis.

As I walked into the garden door of WalMart the entryway to the main store was blocked by two women and their baskets. Scattered around the carts were about six kids all under the age of 10. One little boy was excitedly shouting, pointing and jumping up and down. The woman, who I assume was his mother, calmly looked at him and said, "Jimmy, will you just calm down and eat your candy."

On the way out of WalMart with my prescription in hand, I was following a lady pushing a stroller with three little kids holding onto the stroller for dear life, the oldest being no more than six or seven. The lady had on these REALLY tight white linen pants. It was easy to see that she was wearing underpants with the words, "Hot Mama" written across the butt. My only thought, as I tried real hard not to stare was, "No sh*t, 'Hot Mama'...four kids under the age of six or seven."