Friday, October 21, 2005
Hey, Navy:
Just got out of class and nothing going on. Gave my first test of the semester which is always an adventure in a prison. It’s not that I’m in any danger; it’s just that students/inmates usually have a wide range of reactions to the tests and this one was no exception. I throw in an extra credit question just for fun to see if they’re paying attention. The question this time was, “What is your teacher’s name?” Looking over the answers, everyone got the question and my name, but it was still funny when one of the students raised his hand during the test and asked me my name.
You’re going to get mail from people you’ve never met or even heard of. I told some folks about you and passed out your address, and some responded by saying they’d drop you a line. If you’re irritated, I apologize, but I have my reasons. When I was in boot exactly 24 years ago, I got one letter and that was from my grandparents. YM and I knew each other, but we weren’t even close to the place where we are now. I will always remember how I felt when I got that one letter.
Along those lines, it’s possible a few of your shipmates will not get any letters at all. If you tell me or send me their names, I promise they will get a letter, and not because they’re just in boot camp. Everyone should know that they are appreciated and it’s double-nice when they see it in writing.
As I write this, Lara and Danielle are with Victoria and her family in Reno. Dunno if you remember this, but Victoria’s grandparents are in town. I wouldn’t be surprised if V. sleeps on our couch for a couple of nights.
And now…the news:
- Hurricane Wilma made landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula and wiped clean the eastern portion of Mexico. Yahoo! News actually put this in bold-faced font: Tiki huts swept away.
- Today is the 200th anniversary of the British naval victory over French and Spanish fleets, squashing any chances of invasion by Napoleon and guaranteeing them the freedom of the sea for decades to come. Before the air forces were born, sea power is what made a country a super power. (You’ll hear the name Mahan before long.)
- Doom got thumbs-down from nearly every critic in the world. Nobody cared.
- Wal-Mart heiress and billionaire-in-the-making Elizabeth Paige Laurie has surrendered her USC college degree after a former roommate confessed she had done Ms. Laurie’s school work for three years. Ms. Laurie’s family released a statement pledging their support and promised to buy USC and put them out of business. (Okay, I made the last part up.)
- Hundreds of people flocked to a village in central India near Bhopal Thursday to see if an astrologer who forecast his own death would indeed die as predicted. He lived. THEN the disappointed mob tore him to pieces. (Yeah, that last sentence is mine. He really did live, though.)
- Australian authorities in Sydney have apologized to the family of an elderly man who was given a parking ticket while he lay dead in his car in a suburban shopping center. (I didn’t make that up.)
- Tiny fleas that survive on fungus found under a blanket of snow contain a unique antifreeze that could have implications for farming or transplant surgery, Canadian researchers said Wednesday. After testing is completed, the flies will be shipped to the Great Lakes area for insertion into Navy recruits’ dinners…just because. (I’ll stop now.)
Missing you a lot. Take care of you.
All my love,
Air Force
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