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Robert Lynn Aspirin

Some of my fondest memories growing up were generated by reading sci-fi and fantasy novels.  The Thieves World series of books were and are at the top of my list of favorites, too.  So I learned a few weeks back that Bob Aspirin had passed away, and it felt like I had lost a friend, even though I had only briefly met the man at a convention a long time ago.

I have all of that series of books in paperback, and most are dog eared from much reading.
I’ve noticed the buzz on Usenet about his books now and I think it’s a shame that so many people just discovered him after the publicity of his death.

Rest in Peace Bob.

For reference I named my IRC bot Skeeve.

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Civvies LINE UP to try army S.O.S?

Yes, it’s true, over a thousand attendees at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum on the grounds of Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa.

Full article here.

Personally, I was a big fan of the “Stuff on a Shingle.”  Let’s get something straight here, though, it’s honestly called “Shit on a Shingle.”  It is basically chipped beef gravy served on toast.  Most of the time you only got it in a mess hall, and I usually got it with over easy eggs on the toast smothered in the gravy.  Tasty.

I think most people have a bad or low opinion of Military food service.  The food that I ate while I was active duty was excellent, unless it was provided by a contractor.  Most notably the food service contractor at the ISA in Saudi in 91.  Weight loss.  We would actually eat MRE’s instead of going to breakfast there.

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Hello world!

Moved to a vps at servint.  way faster than the old shared hosting crap.

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Ronald Jenkees on the tube

Cruising youtube the other day, Monty found a killer young musician named Ronald Jenkees. Check out his youtube channel for a wide variety of his stuff. Go and buy his CD!

Of particular interest is him playing with a guitar sound on his keyboard. Very well done and I’ve heard a lot of guitar… hahah!
Check it out here.

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Another year.

CALVEY, Donald C.; b: 13Dec1906, Hardin, Il.; d: 27Feb1991, Pittsfield, Il.; bu: West Cemetery, Pittsfield, Il.; m: Coralee McBride on 4May1946 in Bowling Green, Mo.; fa: Charles E. Calvey; mo: Agnes Ferguson. WWII Navy vet. Survived by his wife; two sons: David Calvey of Pittsfield and Rodney Walker of Grafton; one daughter: Mary Lee Damron of Sarasota, Fla.; eight grandchildren; one g-grandchild; one brother: Earl Calvey of Clarksville, Mo.; and one sister: Leona Roth of Kampsville. Preceded by one son: Donald Joseph; one granddaughter; two sisters; and one brother.

That’s the text of my grandpa’s obituary as found online on the rootsweb site. It doesn’t tell how much we loved him or how much I miss him.

Like my grandfather, I’m a veteran. Because I’m a veteran I was in southern Iraq when he passed, and I have a lot of trouble dealing with it. Maybe it’s the no closure issue with missing the funeral, or just not getting to say goodbye.

I think that by him being a veteran he would understand why I wasn’t there. I hope so.

I miss you, Grandpa.

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Moved to a new host

So i moved to a new webhosting account.  Managing 92 domains from 42gh and the 16 or so of mine on separate hosting was kinda dumb so we merged them on a new vps account on serveint.  I’ll let you know how that works out.

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