Shortly after we got home yesterday, I heard a loud noise. I looked out my window and saw all 6 thunderbirds flying by. That’s always cool. USAFA graduation is tomorrow, so they did a bit of timing practice for the hat toss flyby and the aerobatic show afterwards. This morning they did a bit more practice, and I watched them from the roof of our tower– many of the turns to set up for the runs over the stadium were directly overhead. After flying a new-hire instructor as well as a semi-annual check on one of the air force guys,…
In keeping with America’s tradition of honoring its war dead, we’re off to burn gas and avoid state troopers for the long weekend.
EUREKA, Calif. (Reuters) – Nine bare-breasted women briefly halted logging work near California’s contested Headwaters Forest on Friday in a protest against what they said was unconscionable logging of redwood trees. “These gorgeous young women were belly dancing. One logger actually got down on his knees and kissed the ground,” said Dona Nieto, a California activist who has staged several “Strip Tease for the Trees” protests. Nieto — a poet who goes by the name “La Tigresa” — said the protest interrupted logging work for about two hours at a point known as the “Hole in the Headwaters,” an area…