Exile in Portales

Coffee Break’s Over…Back on Your Heads! That’s the punch line from an old, old joke and it’s appropriate. We had beautiful weather this ...

Let’s hope he’s right… Fred Barnes, writing in the Weekly Standard , says Dubya has seen a “new” plan for victory in Iraq and intends to fol...

Taking the day off today. But…just for fun…here’s a study in contrasts. In the first two pics: friends Catherine, Amy and I in Santa ...

This just in…an e-mail making the rounds in your Air Force today, courtesy of SN1. Names and other identifying data have been purged to pr...

Yesterday was a mixed bag…the laundry got done, El Casa Móvil De Pennington got cleaned (well, the grittiest parts thereof, anyway), and t...

A short post this morning…I have stuff to do today and need to get started. All of the “stuff” is mundane and all of it is necessary to ...

I can usually count on my blogging friends for inspiration, and such is the case with this post. Lou has been reflecting on some of her fa...

Another slow start today, but it’s not (entirely) from a lack of motivation. So, as is my habit when I’m slow out of the gate, I’ll put...

While we’re waiting for the other shoe(s) to drop—the ones worn by the Joint Chiefs—it’s instructive to read this comment on the ISG repo...

We’re feeling just a tad unmotivated as the morning unwinds and approaches the noon hour. My usual rounds and a quick scan of memeorand...

I fell asleep last evening as I usually do: watching the Tee Vee. I had never allowed a television in my sleeping quarters, ever, until I ...

...you might want to get a cup. I went on longer than usual for a Saturday. But this is what you get when there's no football. Uh, r...

Ah…so it’s come to this? Advertisements and testimonials on this blog? Well, sure! There have always been testimonials on this blog! ...

The USS Arizona - Then and Now (U.S. Navy photographs) It’s said — quite often and by many, many people — that 9/11/2001 “changed everyt...