Hono­lulu after Pearl Harbor: A report published for the first time, 71 years later

It’s official – I have my certificate and everything. Today was the final class and drill for my CERT training. Easy: fire supression, triage. Not so easy: medical ops and search and rescue. It’s kind  [more...]

While I’ve been preoccupied with American stupidity (a huge percentage of Americans evidently think that the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqi when in reality they were Saudi Arabians), the stupidity of young Germans  [more...]

This morning, I switched from glasses to contacts – as I often do when the weather is nice and I want to wear sunglasses. I also, as of this morning, have lost 22 pounds on my diet. The combination of losing  [more...]