My best friend Chad Swank, whom I have known since we were four years old in Kindergarten together playing with Legos – has started his own weblog.
Chad is a detective in Barthlowmew County, Indiana.
Chad is Blogging
Blogging
Feast or Famine
It certainly feels like my blogging these days has been either feast or famine. I’ve spent the better part of the last few weeks leading our efforts to prepare for the Democratic National Convention – and have spent these last few days working in our operations center.
Not that interesting, I’m afraid, but it has certainly kept me busy.
More blogging to come in the coming days.
A Letter from Michael Moore?
Last week, I wrote a posting about Michael Moore. Not long afterwards, I received the following comment via the website:
IP Address: 24.177.171.21
Name: Michael Moore
Email Address: mmoore@michaelmoore.com
URL: http://www.michaelmoore.comComments:
Bryan,
You like to report negative information about me. Why don’t you see my documentary first before you criticize my film. People like you live off of other people’s review. Why don’t you take a stance and be a true american. For once in your life, make up your own mind after you have the facts!
Mr. Moore
Now, I’m a skeptical guy. I checked the IP Address – which returns to Michigan.
So Mr. Moore lives in Michigan, the e-mail address appears to be his. And the posting sounds like something he would write.
So, what do you think, is it really him? I sent him a reply e-mail to see.
Retirement
Tim, the writer at CPT Patti is retiring from blogging now that his wife has returned from her fourteen months in Baghdad:
Finally, I’m going to borrow a phrase from Naomi Judd and “Resign as general manager of the universe.”
Patti and I have fourteen months of stressful separation to overcome. We have a home and a relationship to rebuild, and we have immeasurable thanks to return to Him, by whose hand Patti has returned safe and whole. There is much on which I need to focus. Moreover, I need to be fully present in the real world. So…I’m pulling up the stakes in cyberspace and replanting my feet squarely in The America I Live In.
I’m grateful to those of you with whom I’ve walked the last fourteen months. Many wrote to encourage, some wrote to praise and others wrote to politely challenge. Some shared photos, others joy, and a few, tragedy. You filled the vast loneliness of a tiny apartment, and some of us formed an odd little 21st century family, brought together by a common event.
Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for sharing with me. I wish you well. I wish you joy.
CPT Patti was one of my daily reads in my tour around the blogosphere. Tim will be missed.
Farewell – and I’m glad that you’re both together again.
Entry #2000
This is my two thousandth entry in this blog.
Only took 2 1/2 years to get to this point.
Here’s to the next two thousand!
New Server
Testing out the new home, please ignore safely 😉
Captain Patti is Home!
After 427 days in the sandbox, Captain Patti is finally home.
One of my daily readings for the last six months or so has been the writings and thoughts of Patti’s Husband Tim, himself a retired Army Officer, on his weblog. He’s provided newslinks that most of the media has ignored, his thoughts and opinions, and – more bravely – shared some of his heart with all of us that read his weblog.
I’m happy to see that Captain Patti has made it home, and I hope the blog continues. If not, it’s been a great trip!