One of my daughters is out visiting her grandfather in California and I guess they’re going through old pictures. Somehow this one ended up on Facebook.
This is my dad and mom and my brothers and me on the tailgate of our new ’58 Plymouth station wagon (with a push button transmission) having a picnic. That’s me in the middle, probably chewing one of my famous baloney and potato chip sandwiches.
I still comb my hair like that.
Every time I try an open thread, the blog goes silent, but I have to drive us back to the mountains from the big city, so I have no choice. Talk among yourselves about whatever you want to talk about without me having to provide a theme.
Besides, reading the news is distracting me from looking at the Walter Reed nurses.
At Gobbler’s Knob on this Groundhog Day, Phil predicted an early Spring;
For some folks it can’t come too early;
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You probably noticed the ad in the sidebar for MyServicePride. Well, they emailed me yesterday and said that you guys have bought more of their stuff than any of the other other blogs on which they tested. Thanks for clicking the ads. They’ve decided to continue advertising frequently because of your patronage.
Yeah, I bought a mug a few weeks back, too;
I have the license plate, too, since West Virginia only gives us one.
The mug I’d carried for ten years broke about ten years back (it was subdued E-7 rank on woodland camo) and my son bought me an Air Force mug when he went to basic that I’d been using since. I finally found a suitable replacement for the old one. It’s nice to have my morning coffee from my DD214.
But, anyway thanks for reading and clicking the ads.
I’m sure glad that 2010 is gone. In my younger days, I fully expected to be tooling around in my hoover hover car by the time 2010 rolled around, so my disappointment is complete with the end of the year.
However we were able to bust our most flamboyant phony soldier ever, and we got the Army Times to call him Ballduster McSoulpatch.
Then there was the “front pager” that we got fired at VetVoice over their sudden support for “the surge”. And my award winning review of Kayla Williams’ book. Good times.
Our most significant accomplishment this year, I think, was nipping the conversation about James J. Lee, the Discovery Channel Gunman, in the bud. While the Left Wing of the country was trying to blame him on Right, I uncovered a video from our archives in which he proved himself solidly Left with his own words.
Then a few days later, TSO got a USO girl drunk enough to marry him. And a few days after that, Matthis announces that wedding was about him right before IVAW showed him the door.
And we took the VFW PAC to the woodshed.
Even Army Sergeant became an internet sensation briefly with her only post this year when it was picked up by Pam Geller at Atlas Shrugs.
This year, we planted COB6 in a political campaign which stomped the opposition and ensconced him on Capitol Hill somewhere. That’s why you haven’t heard much from him this year. And now TAH can push our own political agenda in the halls of Congress. Those hoover hover cars are a bit closer.
We also opened the This Ain’t Hell Corporate Retreat, although Ponsdorf is the only TAH member to visit us here so far.
Thanks to the thousands of you who’ve made us a tiny part of your busy lives everyday. And thanks for clicking our ads which has bumped up my income to over $30/month. And a special thanks to those of you who’ve seen fit to send us donations. Just when I figure this ain’t worth my time any more, some of you send some money my way – you’ll never know how much that means.
I think I’m going to take some time off this weekend – there are eleven other people who can write here in my stead, and they’re welcome to it.
I hope that all of you have a prosperous and healthy new year.
This is the view from our front door it is my Son’s first White Christmas and mine as well at a toasty -3 degrees. Happy Holidays.
What are you doing here? You should be chugging nog and hugging family.
Regardless, we at TAH wish you a Merry Christmas no matter where you are. If you’re deployed, you’re making a down payment on being home next year. I think I can count on one hand the number of Christmases I spent with my family on active duty, so we’re right there with you.
If you’re between deployments, we’re glad you made it back. If you’re out of the service, we’re glad you’re here with us. If your spouse is deployed, thank you for holding up his end of the family thing.
If you’re a hippie, it’s just another Saturday except all of the stores are closed. If you’re Gordon Duff, the Mossad is plotting a false flag Christmas operation right now…go hide in your root cellar.
Regardless of the reason you come here, we hope you’re warm, full of Christmas cheer and surrounded by your family – or someone’s family.
I guess this is a week old, but I just saw it and thought it was pretty funny.