Somewhere under New Mexico skies…
Read the label carefully.
Someone must have had a great time typing that label up. It stayed on this machine for months afterwards. Dunno who would admit that, unless they were talking to a therapist or doctor.
There I was… Driving Down Hwy 380…
On a typical Sunday afternoon in 2011, I was driving down Interstate 25 to head back towards Alamo-no-go (er.. Alamo-ghetto… um… Alamo-whor… ah, nevermind…). The weekend trips up to Albuquerque were totally day trips, with a 3 hour drive up to the city, a few hours to go shopping or sight-see, and another 3 hours…
I’ve got a cover for the ABQ B-29 Crash book!
I think the team at The History Press did an excellent job with the cover design. While I wasn’t too thrilled with the title at first (my recommendation was “Boomtown: Albuquerque’s First Broken Arrow”), I realize that the title hits the geographic area and topical treatment of the accident in a simple way that uninitiated…
Flashback: Dispatches from Bagram – 8 April 2011
############################################################### Dispatches from Bagram8 April 2011″No Pay” Sorry I haven’t written in a while, but I thought I’d throw this out. If the budget compromise isn’t passed by midnight, then we will not get paid… more importantly, our families who live on base will not be able to go to the commissary to get food. …
A(nother) Night to Remember… Pt.2
The reasons for Dr. Ballard and Team’s success in finding the R.M.S. Titanic in September 1985 are numerous, but one factor stands out: the shipwreck’s debris field. Unlike a corollary accident investigation like a train derailment or airplane crash, finding a shipwreck on the ocean floor is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.…
A(nother) Night to Remember… Pt. 1
Tomorrow (by the time I finish this post) will be September 1, 2025. A holiday known as Labor Day for most Americans. This particular day, however, holds special meaning to maritime history fanatics who recognize it as the day that Dr. Robert D. Ballard led the joint U.S./French team that discovered the R.M.S. Titanic. I’m…
Curious Corners of History: The National Program Office (NPO)
Found this on a USB drive tonight with some old FOIA scans. I don’t really have much to say on this… but a picture is worth a thousand questions… The defining document of the organization seems to reside within National Security Decision Directive 55 (NSDD 55) signed by President Ronald Reagan. However the original text…
I’m Selling Out! Come Join Me…
I really didn’t know how to title this post. Short and succinct seems to be the way to go. (I may regret those words – out of context – in the future…) I started up two Crowdfunding accounts to help balance the cost of research and reproduction fees. As much as I enjoy researching and…
Rest In Peace, Crazy Deputy
I’ve been choosing to ignore much of what is offered in the news cycle today. I feel that I have only so many braincells to use before I expire, and that anything coming from the two Meccas of Insanity – Washington, D.C. and Hollywood, CA – should be automatically filtered into the “bit bucket.” I…
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