I was thinking about being a pirate for Halloween. I saw a cute pirate outfit in The Pyramid Collection catalog and ordered it. The pirate costume came in the mail today. It is just as cute as it was in the catalog. I was not disappointed. I held it up to show Cheyenne and here is how the [...]
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The state of the homeland’s security…
Billions have been spent on securing the homeland in the past decade. Apparently, the government forgot about securing one important facility in the homeland, which in my mind calls into question the overall security of the homeland. If the government can't protect a large facility that houses 100 tons of uranium at the Y-12 National [...]
Be it ever so humble…
I love being able to do the work I do. It is work that I am privileged to do and I am honored to be able to contribute to the emergency management community. Alas, it often requires travel and too much travel can get old. I am a Cancer - as in, that is my astrological sign. Cancers [...]
Mama knows best.
When I moved to North Dakota in 1997, my two oldest children were teenagers in high school. They were not fond of the idea that they were moving from Orange County, California to Kindred, North Dakota. When we arrived in small town North Dakota and settled in on the corner of Elm Street they captured their [...]
The kinder, gentler airport…
When I travel to Emmitsburg alone, I fly into the Harrisburg airport instead of BWI. The reason I do that is because the navigation from Harrisburg to Emmitsburg is much less complicated and the drive is more scenic. I am not the biggest fan of driving in strange places to begin with and when you [...]
Petunia balls…
It occurred to me at about 6:30 AM this morning that if one must be up and about at such an ungodly hour they should at least have their landscape punctuated with petunia balls. That is about the only way 6:30 AM in the morning can be made palatable at the Minneapolis airport. Thank goodness [...]
Oops! I did it again…
I say I work well under pressure and after saying it enough times and other folks witnessing it, they too now say I work well under pressure. But I have to tell you folks, the truth is I don't work well under pressure. I work under pressure and I typically get the job done, but I do [...]
THE NEW FORTY 