I was recently chasing links on a few different blogs. I posted the content from https://freshairsnipe.wordpress.com/2013/10/27/those-that-have-gone-before/ to their writer analysis. The result is:
This is really cool. Shakespeare has long been one of my favorite playwrights. His St. Crispin’s speech has inspired me many times over. Follow the link and see who you write like.
That is all. Fall out and carry out the plan of the day.
I have added The Transmogrifier Files to my blog roll. Per the scribe’s stated wishes, I will refrain from naming their prior endeavor. I liked the old one. I like the new one. Not to mention, if you are so inclined, you may learn how to cuss like a sailor when you read some of that scribe’s responses to stupid.
After cruising around the sidebar at Mostly Cajun, I have decided to add The Adaptive Curmudgeon(http://adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com/) to my blog roll. He has an excellent turn of phrase, and I especially like his word of the day posts.
I love fall. My southern ancestors call the weather that we encounter in fall gumbo weather. Wife calls it Kadu weather. Kadu is Guam’s spiritual cousin to gumbo. They use chicken and veggies. We(Southerners) use damn near the entire kitchen.
I love football and the associated fall sports. I am on a life long quest to interest Pocket Monkey in the sport of American Football. He is getting there. He still is unsure of which team to cheer for. Some days he cheers for my team, and some days against. I don’t mind. He and I had a massive Super Bowl party last year while his Mom slept on the couch because she felt ill.
Today, we are making “shortcut gumbo”. It is called short cut because it doesn’t involve making a roux(pronounced like roo).
The ingredients and instructions are as follows.
2 Tbsps. Olive oil
! large sweet onion
3-4 stalks of celery
1 large green pepper
1 large red bell pepper
1 large bag of frozen okra
2 Tbsp. thyme
2 TBSP. parsley
2 TBSP. basil
black pepper and salt to taste
Old Bay or similar Cajun Spice
1 large can of tomatoes or 4-ish fresh tomatoes
1 can worth of water( about 4 cups)
4 deboned chicken breasts
Add everything to the pot except the okra.
When the dish is nearly done ad the okra and the meat.
We add steamed shrimp to be semi-authentic to the Cajun culture.
We bring everything to a boil and then simmer for around an hour. Cooking is not rocket science. Adjust ingredients and procedures to your taste.
A basic gumbo involves vegetables, spices and seafood. Gumbo is the Southern version of chowder. Add what you have, spice according to your audience, and simmer for 2-3 hours. So easy a Hull Tech can do it.
By the way, going to work when it is under 6o degrees must involve coffee or hot cocoa. There is no other way.
I am adding Liberty’ Torch over at http://bastionofliberty.blogspot.com/ to my blog roll. From what I’ve seen so far, it is mostly political, and we have some of the same blogs on our sidebar.
The difference between being an HT1 this time and HT1 last time is the sailors. I have HT2’s working in my shop that are solid. We are a small shop. HT2’s and HT1’s. That’s it. No Firemen, no HT3s. An HT2 has been in long enough to know the score. Mistakes happen. They are man enough to admit when they goofed and keep us out of the limelight(the bad spotlight). On the tender, I had a bunch of new misfits. Never a dull moment, but I took a lot of heat for various rookie mistakes. My shop also has 2 Eagle Scouts, of which I am one. That giu6ves us stuff to blow smoke about when the workload is slow.
We accomplished several complex tasks today while the boss HT1 is on leave. We succeeded and I was proud. I started following various blogs and plan to go through all my blog friends and add the links from their blog rolls that correspond to my interests and world view.
That is all. Be Prepared. Fall out, and carry out the plan of the day.
Grin and Barrett over at http://rhinoden.rangerup.com/grammatical-retirement-conditional-courage/ has an excellent article about what constitutes real courage. Coincidentally, the Cub Scout idea of the month is being brave, which goes hand in hand with courage. Naturally that got my wheels turning in my head.
What makes a King out of a slave? Courage.
Even pacifists can show courage. They are showing courage by standing up for what they believe in the face of adverse opinion(in some cases).
Let’s talk about core values. When I was a Boy Scout, we had the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout Motto, and Scout Slogan. All of these constitute core values. I am a Christian. The Bible informs my core values. I am a sailor. The Navy’s Core Values are what I strive to live every day while I am associated with that particular canoe club. The Navy’s Core Values are what we will discuss here.
We had to discuss Navy Values when we were going through training required of all new PO1s.
Honor-Say what you mean and mean what you say. Your word should be as good as gospel.
Courage- Word Central, an elementary school website defines courage as “strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger or difficulty”
Commitment-good old follow through.
All of the above go together. The Rhino Den article breaks it down thoroughly. Go read. I have showed courage and fear in my lifetime. Mark Twain once said, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.”
Sorry for all the actors, politicians and fakes out there. The word courage should be reserved for people who do truly brave things. Amputees going back to war, the soldier who dives on a grenade to save his brothers, the first responders of all types who run towards danger. Rhino Den will be linked on my side bar.
That is all. Fall out and carry out the plan of the day.
Armed Forces Day seemed an appropriate day to shake the dust off of this humble old train wreck. Instead of going to Chicago to train sailor pups, I ended up in the Pacific Northwest fixing certain assets. I must, by law, be very selective about what I publish here. The fishing here is excellent, but getting a hunting license is a pain. I started watching Duck Dynasty after the controversy over prayers and guns. I LOVE it. Happy Happy Happy. I want to be like Phil when I am old. I made lazy fried chicken tonight. Take a 1/2 cup flour and a teaspoon each of your favorite spices. Mix the dry spices together, mix some shortening and butter in a large casserole and melt it. Dredge the chicken and then cook it half hour each side, starting with the bone side.
Just like every other person on earth, sometimes I face apathy and depression. When I see what my country is coming to, sometimes I wonder, why bother? I swore an oath to defend this country from all enemies foreign and domestic. The foreign enemies are easy to defend against. The domestic ones, not so much. I have the utmost faith in the Holy Bible and the US Constitution. People are trying to undermine or destroy both. It irritates and depresses me. I will give my life to uphold both documents. That is all. Fall out and carry out the plan of the day.
I have added http://armedandamphibious.wordpress.com/ to my blogroll. I like his gun stuff and wit.
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