Lest we forget

It has been a few day since my last post, I thought that I would do a trip down memory lane. Mind you there is an old saying a that nostalgia isn’t what it use to be.
Today’s post is a tribute to the man who had the greatest influence on my life, my Grandfather.
A working [...]

The Prez and The King

 
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States (1969–1974) and the only American president to resign from that office.
Elvis Aaron Presley[1][3] (January 8, 1935–August 16, 1977), middle name sometimes writtenAron)a was an American singer, musician and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly referred to by his first name, and as the “The King of Rock ‘n’ [...]

I don’t like Mondays

Monday, the week has begun. I always think of the Boomtown Rats song “I don’t like Mondays.” So here we are Monday. Today I have decided that it will be a NO MORE BULLSHIT week. In fact my BS antenna has been really sharp recently. There has been a lot of it around. The reality [...]

The wall is down

Around a table at a family gathering in 1987 we discussed the unlikelihood of the reunification of east and west Germany. My in-laws are all from Germany and saw no possible way there would ever be a reunification in their life time. My Father-in-law was there in Germany when the wall came down a couple [...]

Travels with Myself (from last year)

With an air of anticipation I await my up and coming visit to the UK and Germany. It is a journey mixed with study leave and annual leave. A journey mixed with business and pleasure. What will be business and what will be pleasure can only be truly understood in hindsight.One of the excursions I [...]