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Completely forgot to post this last night but here it is. Sgt. Stephen Howell   Sgt. Stephen Howell, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band percussionist, races a student at Palisades Elementary School in Pearl City, Hawaii during an 11-event circuit course Feb. 20. More than 20 Marines assisted local park volunteers with manning the different…Read more

Sgt. Kelly Keck 34 years old from West Liberty, Kentucky  Secretary of the Army Pete Geren congratulates Sgt. Kelly Keck after presenting him the Purple Heart.  On September 13, 2008, Sgt. Kelly Keck, a combat medic serving in Afghanistan, was wounded while trying to aid his fellow soldiers who’s truck had just been struck by…Read more

This Weeks Post Was Suggested And Written By Brat Sgt. Patrick Tainsh 33 years old from Oceanside, California Troop E, 2nd Squadron, 2ndArmored Cavalry Regiment February 11, 2004  Five years ago today, Sgt. Patrick Tainsh sacrificed all as the mounted unit he was part of was hit by an IED in Baghdad. He was posthumously…Read more

I’ve been looking for a while for some way to selectively export posts from Shadowscope so that I could import them into my personal blog and finally found a plugin that would let me do so. Some of my older posts should start showing up soon and disappearing from Shadowscope. I just finished with about…Read more

Damned if I’m not exhausted tonight. Think I will check my stores’ staffing and sales at 9pm and just hit the sack. Have to be up early… Mobile post sent by Richard using Utterli.  Replies.

I spent a few minutes cleaning up the blogs a little more today. I’ve moved my blogrolls over here from Shadowscope. Most of them are personal links and don’t have anything whatsoever to do with crime blogging anyway. It allowed me to clean up my main page over there a little and makes it a…Read more

…nope, not the Priest version nor is it the original singer, Joan Baez. This is Blackmore’s Night with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night. While I love the Priest version for some reason this is much more haunting. Blackmore’s Night performs some sort of Renaissance/medieval themed music which is really just a return to what he…Read more

It’s amazing how things change. I don’t remember what got me onto this topic last night with the wife, but I showed her this old video of Judas Priest. Actually I showed her Rocka Rolla but I like Dreamer Deceiver much better, which is why I’ve posted it here. Back in 1975 they hadn’t yet…Read more

…and out the other. Even now after having been gainfully employed for the last 26 years I still enjoy payday. I get paid every other Friday. It’s been that way for the last two decades and I plan everything around it. All of my bills are paid online automatically the Wednesday following payday in case…Read more