Saturday, November 19, 2005
Hey, Navy:
Finally over that stinking cold that knocked me out this week. I went back to work on Wednesday but was a zombie for a couple of days, and only started to be human again yesterday. Went to the gym this morning and did some miles on the recumbent plus crunches and leg lifts. I’m not brave enough to attempt mountain climbers. :)
You sounded really good on the last couple of phone calls and your four-page letter was great to get. You are a good letter writer, and you express yourself and events around occurring around you very well. Please keep sending stuff our way when you can.
YM was sorry to miss your call on Friday (11/18) but she was happy to hear that you’ll be home for Christmas (song cue). She and your seesters are going up to Reno this afternoon to get passports so they can go to Dennis’ wedding. They all went to see Harry Potter last night; YM was not impressed. Danielle was up bright and early this morning walking up King’s Canyon and working with a video project with Katie.
By the way, the name of the recruit I was trying to remember is [deleted]. This is what her mom emailed me:
“I have received a couple of letters from my recruit and a phone call. It was so great to hear from her. In the letter I received today, she lists the friends she has made in her division. They go by last names, but the one girl, who's last name is the same as yours, has befriended my daughter. I am hoping this is your daughter, and if it is, I thank you. My daughter has always been shy, and to know that she has made friends puts me at ease. Hopefully it will give you some relief, as I think my daughter is a wonderful friend, and I love the idea that they have become close.”
Looks like this will be my last semester teaching at the college. Wish I could say it was a amiable parting, but no. Please keep this in mind if you ever get into education: when faculty and administrators argue, it’s always ends up on the students.
In current events, there’s a humongous battle going on up on Capitol Hill in D.C. about the Iraqi War, so much so that it may have filtered down to you. It started earlier this month when Senator Harry Reid put the Senate into closed session, an unusual legislative procedure, and demanded the Republicans be more open about investigating pre-war intelligence. On Thursday (11/17), one of the most respected and long serving Democratic Congressmen, who happens to be a retired USMC lieutenant colonel (37 years in service) said our troops are no longer serving a useful purpose in Iraq, have become targets for the insurgents, and that it was time to bring them home. The President’s spokesman replied by saying the Congressman was spending too much listening to filmmaker Michael Moore and his fellow left-wing nuts. I tend to side with the Congressman who, by the way, has two Purple Hearts from his time in Vietnam. In any case, Congress has adjourned for winter break, but the debate is not over by any stretch.
Strange news, all from Reuters News Service:
LOS ANGELES - Former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss, whose previous career running a call-girl ring landed her in prison, is returning to the world's oldest profession -- to open a Nevada brothel catering to women. [In Nye County.]
NEW YORK - A jury consulting firm hired by Martha Stewart to help her battle federal criminal charges two years ago is suing the homemaking trendsetter, claiming Stewart has not paid her bills.
TOKYO - A giant white radish that won the hearts of a Japanese town by valiantly growing through the urban asphalt was in intensive care at a town hall in western Japan on Thursday after being slashed by an unknown assailant.
DES MOINES - Two convicted murderers were able to climb over a wall and escape from an Iowa prison because budget cuts left some guard towers unmanned, a state senator said on Tuesday.
KYOTO, Japan - In the latest sign of their chummy ties, U.S. President George W. Bush gave Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi a surprise gift of a Segway electric scooter Wednesday and urged him to take a spin. [At least he didn't puke on him like dear old dad.]
All my love,
Air Force
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