Among The Joshua Trees

Category: Oops

  • Emergency Rooms and Me….

    Three times in the last 18 months…….. That being said, It is a much lower rate than when I went through that weight loss fun and games in the period from 2015 to 2017. The one that I have been to lately is at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. Awesome place. The staff is great. I…

  • Pismo Beach!

    We did our usual thing today and hit Pismo Beach(Oceano) and paid the $5.00 for the vehicle pass. Missus ORPO loves to hunt for Sand Dollars. I just like to take pictures and wade in the Pacific Ocean…………….Mother, Mother Ocean, Ya Know. There was a young fellow on his boogie board and he managed to…

  • Report: Pay and benefits panel to recommend killing 20-year retirement – Stripes

    Members of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, from left, Michael Higgins, Dov Zakheim, Alphonso Maldon Jr., Christopher Carney, Peter Chiarelli, listen as San Diego military leaders answer questions about pay and benefits in March 2014 at the Hilton San Diego Airport-Harbor Island. The commission is charged with evaluating the military compensation and benefits…

  • Driver: I was following GPS when I turned onto train tracks; Crash closed WB 6th Ave in Lake Worth |Video

    Operation Lifesaver has this up on their Facebook Page. Industrial Grade Stupid at an Entirely New Level………………Blaming the GPS! What ever happened to one’s own Situational Awareness, for crying out loud! The dumb ass even said that he put on his four way flashers and said the train didn’t stop! No kidding Einstein! http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/traffic/crash-closes-6th-ave-south-westbound-at-interstate/nd3Jb/ Makes…

  • DOD Furlough Observations from Bill Paisley

    Good old “Pinch” Paisley had this at his Facebook today. I am also one of those getting the furlough letter as I work for the Air Force at Eddie’s Airplane Patch. Sucks. But Bill has this short but most eloquent post…………..Shipmate, Friend, Blog Bud and Lexican.   Furlough letter today. Yay. Makes me feel better…

  • CT Scan

    Got home a little bit ago. The process was running late. The oral contrast, both of them, gave me some issues………..otherwise known as the runs!!!!!!! The results are going to be at my Doc’s on Thursday. Have to be analyzed and read! Glad for Tricare!!!!!!!  

  • Humor??? Or the NEW Reality if we continue down the path we’re on… Thanksgiving 2022

    Opening paragraphs: Winston, come into the dining room, it’s time to eat,” Julia yelled to her husband. “In a minute, honey, it’s a tie score,” he answered. Actually Winston wasn’t very interested in the traditional holiday football game between Detroit and Washington. Ever since the government passed the Civility in Sports Statute of 2017, outlawing tackle football…

  • ATF Gunwalking Scandal Exploding! “Operation Castaway” Tampa Division Walked Guns to Honduras and MS-13

    This doozy was up at Iconic Surrealism blog. This “Gunrunner” scandal is now growing. This is the kind of thing that will hopefully lead to the downfall of barack the first, the attorney general and dhs sec napolitano. All three have to have knowledge of all levels of these blatantly illegal operations. There is no…

  • Rules is Rules

    This was in the inbox from my buddy, Shane. He is the Roadmaster on the BNSF Devils Lake Subdivision in North Dakota. Dumped a lot of rock with Shane. Good news: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, Kansas, when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to…