Crash at Reno Air Race

ParaHawking in San Diego

Hey Joe,

Turn on your speakers and click full screen.  What a rush to be able to do something like this!

Love Dad

President Obama awards Dakota Meyer The Medal of Honor


President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Marine Sgt Dakota Meyer Thursday. Meyer is only the third living recipient of the award since the Vietnam war and the only living Marine recipient since the Vietnam war.

Webcam 101 for Seniors

A couple from northwestern Oregon who are Internet newbies have found themselves the unwitting subjects of an instant viral video, thanks to a little help from a grandkid.


Make My School a Prison: Michigan School Superintendent’s Letter to Governor

The letter to the editor below, published by the Gratiot County Herald, makes some extremely good points – especially when comparing the $30,000 to $40,000 spent annually on each of Michigan’s prisoners, to the amount spent each year on school students.
Take a look at the letter, from Ithaca Public Schools Superintendent Nathan Bootz, after the break.  Bravo, Mr. Bootz, Bravo!

Dear Governor Snyder,


The English Plural according to...

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes. One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese, Yet the plural of moose should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice, Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

Redneck fish story

A redneck with a bucket full of live fish was approached by a  game  warden in Central Mississippi as he started to drive his boat away from a  lake.

The game warden asked the man, "May I see your fishing license please?"

"WE do, now, do WE?" smirked the warden. "PROVE it!"

Every Kid Needs a Pet Like This

Hey Joe,

All the pet lovers will love this one!

Love Dad

P.S.  I spent my 80th Birthday in woodworking class.

A Theory of Everything (Sort Of) By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN


LONDON burns. The Arab Spring triggers popular rebellions against autocrats across the Arab world. The Israeli Summer brings 250,000 Israelis into the streets, protesting the lack of affordable housing and the way their country is now dominated by an oligopoly of crony capitalists. From Athens to Barcelona, European town squares are being taken over by young people railing against unemployment and the injustice of yawning income gaps, while the angry Tea Party emerges from nowhere and sets American politics on its head.
What’s going on here?

NFL or NBA.

Joe, 

Guess which organization has the most criminals:

36 have been accused of spousal abuse

7 have been arrested for fraud

19 have been accused of writing bad checks

117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

3 have done time for assault

71, I repeat 71
cannot get a credit card due to bad credit

14 have been arrested on drug-related
charges

8 have been arrested! for shoplifting

21 currently are defendants in lawsuits, and
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year !

Can you guess which organization this is?
Is it the NBA or NFL?

Pay Raises for Obama Aides

Hey Joe,

I guess pay freezes don't affect the White House staffers.

This is from the Drudge Report.

Remember: No Cost of Living Adjustment for Seniors for two years.

Follies of a busy family

Hey Joe,

Thought you might enjoy this.
This cartoon reminded us of how your lives are now with all those kids.
 

Love Dad

Two Dogs in Busy Restaurant

Hey Joe,

This is funny, the dog on the left looks the one you used to have.  I wonder if they needed a "doggie bag"?

love Dad

Dinner at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico Virginia

Hey Joe,

The Marines always do things right.  This is a beautiful building and some powerful photos and emotions at this dinner in the museum. 

As always, the Marines do things like this with flair, élan, and a touch of class.  Well done.



This slide show consists of photos taken at a formal dinner at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, VA.

It is a beautiful presentation of the honor, commitment and pride today's heroes share with yesterday's.

Twitter guy from Pakistan during Bin Laden raid in Abbottabad Lahore Pakistan

Hey Joe,

Here are some excerpts from the conversation that twitter guy from Pakistan had while the Bin Laden raid was happening, crazy!  I think his name is Sohaib Athar, what a way to become famous.
 
Love Dad

https://twitter.com/ReallyVirtual/status/64780730286358528
Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event). about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
https://twitter.com/ReallyVirtual/status/64783440226168832
A huge window shaking bang here in Abbottabad Cantt. I hope its not the start of something nasty :-S about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
https://twitter.com/ReallyVirtual/status/64792407144796160
@m0hcin all silent after the blast, but a friend heard it 6 km away too... the helicopter is gone too. about 9 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to m0hcin
https://twitter.com/m0hcin/status/64791032579108864
Just talked to family in Abbottabad, say they heard three blasts one after another, don't know what really happened. about 10 hours ago via web