Category Archives: Sometimes I Get Hepped Up and Think I Know a Thing or Two

Fishing

Posted on August 22, 2011 by RG

When my father started his naval career, a college graduate in the officer’s program, he made $8,280 per year.  Adjusted for inflation, that amount would equal $32,706 today. First year college graduate naval aviators make $28,000 today. When my father … Continue reading →

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Careful What You Wish For . . .

Posted on August 1, 2011 by RG

The back pain has settled into a dull, constant ache.  So maybe I preferred the ache-free, sucker-punch-at-any-minute stage more.  I don’t know.  The dull ache sucks.  But it’s an ache that aches in such a way that I know it’s … Continue reading →

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Initial Thoughts

Posted on May 2, 2011 by RG

Both the liberal and the conservative reactions to the death of Osama bin Laden are irritating me.  We are irreconcilably divided in this country, and it’s never more obvious than taking a gander at my facebook status feed in the … Continue reading →

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Quick (and Depressing) Brain Dump

Posted on March 30, 2011 by RG

I cannot say this aloud to the people I want to say it to, so I’m going to splash it here.  But quickly, bc I have a lot to do. So a little boy in Jack’s class has leukemia.  It’s the … Continue reading →

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Headdesk

Posted on February 25, 2011 by RG

I’m in two seminars this term.  Seminars require 30 page papers instead of exams, and I prefer papers to exams, hence my choice.  In one seminar, our professor required us to have our paper topic approved by her last Friday. … Continue reading →

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