Arrived at the office this morning to discover that I had been ordered to leave Lake Charles and set up shop over in Baton Rouge. That’s where I am now and for the foreseeable future. I’ve already seen several good … Continue reading
I just arrived back in Lake Charles a few minutes ago after a week at the secret training location (cold and snow…brrr!!) and a weekend surprise visit home. If you have e-mailed me, I’m not ignoring you. The secret training … Continue reading
Mobile blogging from the bus that's enroute to the secret training location. D.C. is dreary right now. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this … Continue reading
Sick with some kind of cold or flu, but still at work so trying out mobile blogging from the Blackberry. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are … Continue reading
U.S. Army Major Andrew Olmsted, who posted blogs on Obsidian Wings as G’Kar while on active duty in Iraq, was killed in an ambush in Diyala, along with fellow team member Captain Thomas Casey, on January 3rd. In anticipation that … Continue reading
I guess it’s time to admit the awful truth…I have become a Crackhead. And in a very short amount of time. They’re all right, the addiction comes on you in a hurry and takes over every waking (and sometimes sleeping) … Continue reading
Today is my brother’s birthday. A few days from now 46 years ago, I had no idea what an important part that little guy my mom and dad brought home from the hospital would hold in my heart over the … Continue reading
Reading this news account this morning I was really, REALLY wishing that the end result of this had been reversed: CORONADO, Calif. (AP) – A man being chased by authorities grabbed a police dog and leaped off the San Diego-Coronado … Continue reading
Cindy and I were on the phone with each other 30 seconds before the big ball dropped in Times Square and counted down to the New Year. Kissing over the cell phone’s wireless signal is definitely not the same as … Continue reading
Last Saturday after the Sanford Farmer’s Market, Cindy and I met up with AnnMarie, Jason, Mikey and Heather at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure to go see the “Grinchmas” show. Mikey decided that the Grinch looked a little too scary … Continue reading
I arrived back in Lake Charles this past Saturday. Not much had changed during my absence, except that the Burger King marquee misspelling of “Wopper” was corrected. Maybe the district manager came into town. I do love the new Burger … Continue reading
Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Merry Yule. Happy Kwanza. Whatever and however you celebrate, Happy Holidays from our home to yours. Heather’s shirt says it all… Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial … Continue reading
Here’s a fun puzzle that my mother-in-law showed me earlier tonight at the annual family Christmas Eve Dinner Party. See how many Christmas carols or songs you can guess from the visual clues below. If you’d like to leave a … Continue reading
I’ll be home for Christmas;You can count on me.Please have snow and mistletoeAnd presents on the tree. Christmas Eve will find meWhere the love-light gleams.I’ll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreams. Thankfully, in more than my dreams. Today … Continue reading
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Apparently, judging by the photo below of a Burger King marquee here in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the Burger King company really is doing away with the Whopper, as their new ad campaign points out, but they’re replacing it with the…Wopper.Seriously, … Continue reading
Ok, ok. I’m just being a little sarcastic. Below is the official movie poster for the fourth, and probably last, Indiana Jones film; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I know my daughter will be happy to … Continue reading
There I was, sitting at the desk in the hotel room pounding out some kind of worthless drivel on the laptop with the TV on next to me when I heard her say “Vampires Beware!“ Now, of course, that WOULD … Continue reading
Back on December 2nd I was able to walk around the North shore area of Lake Charles (the actual lake, not the town) which is right across the street from the hotel I’m staying at here in the town of … Continue reading
Today is our annual “Family Day at Disney” gathering. It’s usually Cindy and I, her mom and dad, Ann, Jason, Mikey and Heather, Amber, Jeremy, Ed and Pam. This year, we get to add Wendy, Jeremy’s significant other, and take … Continue reading
