Last week, Ambulance Driver observed that a man can tell he’s getting old because a pretty young thing smiles at him because he reminds her of her father.
DaddyBear’s Corollary –
A man can tell he’s reaching a certain age when the head trainer assigns the pretty young thing to work with him so she can pretend to be his daughter during a training mission.
Yeah, I got reminded of my age tonight.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 20, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/20/thought-for-the-day-ii/
The only thing more nerve racking than going through a job interview with complete strangers is going through a job review with people you’ve known and worked with for years. They already know your strengths and weaknesses and will definitely know if you BS your way through a question.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/19/thought-for-the-day-7/
Posted by daddybear71 on April 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/19/todays-earworm-11/
NIMBY stands for Not In My BackYard, as in:
That last one is playing itself out as we speak. The veteran’s hospital here is over-used, under-maintained, and undersized for the wave of older veterans of Vietnam and younger veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who are expected to be using the VA system more and more in coming years.
One of the places where a new hospital may be built is where one of the local major highways intersects with a major local artery. There are already two hospitals in the area, including one specifically for children, many doctors’ offices, and restaurants. There are also some very nice places to live, and that seems to be the sticking point.
The requirements for this hospital, as I understand them, are:
The other two options are to either renovate the existing hospital or to build a new hospital in downtown Louisville. The existing hospital site cannot be improved enough to have room for demand and the parking area is tiny and badly graded. Building downtown would restrict the site to one or two places, parking would be a nightmare, and would cost much more than building out in the suburbs.
Some people who would live near a new VA hospital in this area are raising concerns about traffic, light pollution, and noise. To them I say this: Shame on you.
I am a veteran, and I am grateful that I do not need the services of the VA. Yeah, I have aches and pains that I can attribute to one or two things that happened in uniform, but they pale in comparison to the wounds and ailments that the VA treats. Our veterans deserve the best facility we can provide.
I also live a few miles from this facility. I drive past the site I think they’re talking about pretty often. Will a new hospital cause some traffic congestion? Yes, it probably will. Was I raised right and know that my inconvenience is a small price to pay for proper facilities to treat and care for those who gave up their youth and their health for me and mine? You bet I do.
It shouldn’t take a Medal of Honor recipient like Dakota Meyer to stand up and shame those who are more worried about property values than debts of honor and blood before people start doing the right thing. I am reaching out to my Senators and Congressmen to support this building site for the new VA hospital in Louisville, and if you have a mind to, I ask that you do so as well.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/19/nimby-in-the-bluegrass/
Seen at the NRA store in St. Louis. Nothing bad can happen here.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/19/photo-of-the-day/
O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in’t! — The Tempest, Act V, Scene I
My Take – This past weekend, I was surrounded by wonderful people. Some of them were close friends, some I had just met, and thousands of them I had never met. But all of them took a step to show their support for an organization that looks out for their rights, to learn more about their sport and the technology and the issues associated with it, and to let the world know that we are a strong, rational movement. O brave new world, indeed.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/19/30-days-of-shakespeare-day-15/
Saturday evening, I went to an Irish pub with a group of friends, drank way too much, and between us all we found answers to all of the world’s problems. It was kind of like this:
This evening, I cut up two honeysuckle bushes and bound the pieces up in the manner in which my wife told me it needed to be done so that the nice men will take them away tomorrow. It was kind of like this:
Oh, if only life could be nothing more than looking at guns and gear all day followed by drinking and talking with friends all night? Real life can be such a pain.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/19/songs-of-two-evenings/
Well, not that strange, but definitely something I have noticed.
I met LawDog over the weekend, and it was a pleasure. But now, when I read his posts, I hear them in his voice. I’ve noticed the same thing with other bloggers I’ve met. I no longer hear their writings in my ‘head voice’, but now with their voice and accent.
Anyone else have this happen to them?
Posted by daddybear71 on April 18, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/18/strange-phenomenon/
From women’s eyes this doctrine I derive:
They sparkle still the right Promethean fire;
They are the books, the arts, the academes,
That show, contain, and nourish all the world. — Loves Labour’s Lost, Act IV, Scene III
My Take – The girl with the sparkle or the fire in her eyes is the one that always caught my attention. A woman that gets and holds your eyes when you speak with her is confident and ready to be a partner in whatever way she chooses.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 18, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/18/30-days-of-shakespeare-day-14/
And that’s what I’ve found while reading through about 1/4 of the posts that were waiting for me in my reader after I got home. More to come later, same bat time, same bat station.
Posted by daddybear71 on April 18, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/04/18/blogs-roundup/
