IrishGunner

Thanks to those who wondered why I've been MIA!  I am certainly alive and well.  However, my time has been sidetracked by other pursuits, leaving little time for much else...  First, I started a full time job last August; I had considered teaching for some time and was offered a full-time position teaching U.S. Government and Criminal Justice at a high school.  It's been both a rewarding and frustrating experience, but something I believe is extremely worthwhile.  As General Stanley McChrystal recently wrote in a New York Times editorial, "education is the lifeblood of a great nation."  I thought it time to go back to serving my country instead of sitting on my butt.

The second thing that has taken up my free time ... and expendable cash ... is in the picture attached.  My wife and I moved to the Chesapeake Bay with the idea we'd get a boat.  And last April we did just that...  Getting ready to take her out tomorrow for the start of this year's boating season.

Hey, Chris!  How's it going these days?  I've been out of the collecting game for a little while, but checking in...  I can't let this Pass pass me by...  What's the best deal you can give me on the Pass and the Garde Art. EK document together?  I could even then go the full 35 Euro on the Prussian Ehrenzeichen.

Despite another blast of cold weather, I sense spring is near

Does anyone else find the amount of packaging on a new dress shirt to be ridiculous, or is it just me?

The weather is here. I wish you were beautiful.

A New Year, re-newed energy!

So, who's decorating for the holidays?

Working on the Bombardments article

It's Friday. That means VW trouble. Three Fridays in a row trouble with either my wife or my daughter's VW.

Batten down the hatches. Windy day!

Rainy days are made for research

Beer makes research easier

Don't you just hate when you read something and then forget where you read it!

I blame the wine committee very much

Daily WWI anniversaries from here on out

Working on a Russian WWI article

This space for rent

Sometimes I have to ask: Why bother?

The spark has been lit.

I'm back, but still may be "quiet" on the Forum. At least I made some cash to spend!

Snow! You got to be kidding!

Damn, those Canadian hockey women hit hard! Congrats on not giving up and the win. But DAMN.

Congrats to Chris Liontas joining the "grand" pooh bah club with 1000 posts

Getting close to finishing a French artillery article...

Congrats to RobW on joining the "large" crowd with 1001 posts.