StraightAhead

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Archive for June, 2006

Great Dog Story

Here is a good dog story from one of my buddies on Flickr.com.  great looking dog.  I’m so close to getting another dog and this just pushes me a bit closer, heh.

Juneteenth

My wife and I took a trip up to Austin last weekend because I accepted a Trumpet Job playing Taps at a big Juneteenth ceremony up there.  We used to call them bugle jobs when I was in the Army band.  The trumpet players in the section took turns going to towns  around my post [...]

Never Ending Story

I don’t think the hell will ever end in New Orleans.  I read this article this morning.  Sometimes I think I want to make a trip over there just to see what it all looks like now, but then I think, no, I don’t want to be depressed too.  It’s a crying shame what the [...]

Fun In The Big Apple

I ran across this article this morning.  It’s a heck of a note when your life is at risk and that of your family, when you get on a subway in New York.  It was the middle of the day, too.  I doubt they will ever find the guy who did it.  The victim is from [...]

Funny, funny dog

This Video cracked me up so badly, I just had to post the link. It has been on tv so a lot of people have probably seen it. It’s certainly one of my favorites. Man, it tells you a lot about a dog’s mind or lack thereof, haha!

Off On Four

It’s nice to be enjoying my four days off again. I had a fairly easy two days on friday and saturday with 5 runs all together. We went to church today, well to two churches really. We visited across Houston at a church where my friend preaches. He’s a friend and kindof an inlaw in [...]