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So did you hear the new Toby Nunn joke? Seems Toby's soldiers out in California have started a new twitter game. The object of the game is to come up with the most outrageous and funniest Toby Nunn joke and twitter each other with them. It was a secret ga...
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In one of the biggest reversals in American political history, President Obama is planning on imprisoning for life approximately 30 of the most dangerous "enemy combatants" (probably somewhere in Bastrop) who are currently "vacationing" at Guantanamo Bay ...
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Last night I celebrated the twins birthdays, Reagan and Loren, in Austin with Toby at Sullivans Steak House. Great company! Great food! Everyone was excited about the new mansion Toby and Reagan recently acquired here in the Bastrop forest. The 1st SGT. i...
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Yesterday, Memorial day, was a typical hot humid Texas spring day and I was looking forward to relaxing and letting my aching muscles rest from working on my backyard all weekend laying large rocks into my "new patio" that currently makes the groundskeepe...
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All week I have received a lot of emails from people telling me to enjoy "my" or "our" holiday but to be honest with you that makes me feel weird. On Friday I was walking into the Post Office around noon to get some packages off to the "Ghan and the Box w...
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"One day my daughter, PFC Amy D., excitedly called me from Iraq and told me she had several Soldiers Angels. I smiled and thanked God for people who would care for and pray for my daughter; people we don't even know. It blessed my heart and those of my fa...
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"Military history is replete with the honored traditions. None are more sacred than those which honor our country's military dead. The military code of "no man left behind" insures a soldier that his sacrifice will be honored from the moment he dies on th...
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Last Saturday was a rare sunny spring day in the Pacific Northwest and even shy Mt. Ranier was sunbathing naked in all her majesty and shamelessly exposing herself to everyone in Tacoma as I gawked and Toby navigated our rental car fast and east into the...
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Many of you know or have figured out my little secret of being a Canadian, I am not ashamed of this and know it will be bitter sweet when I have the honor of becoming an American and there is a reason why. All my life I have been surrounded by great peopl...
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I have been paying attention to the current situation involving our Commander and Chief and the decision he has had to make about the transparency of Military affairs and to be more specific the photo’s that depict alleged detainee abuses. Now, I am usi...
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Yesterday, Toby and I traveled to Seattle to go to a SA event in Ft. Lewis near Tacoma Washington. Typical airplane adventure, we could of driven here by car faster then flying with all the time we wasted on the various tarmacs. After all the flights I've...
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My life, is like the opening line in Bukowski's book "Factorum" "It all began as a mistake." or as the famous philosopher Howard the Duck noted "I was born into a world I didn't create." Today is my birthday and I won't bore you with trivial birthday stuf...
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As I clean up and recover from a weekend of celebration( Jeffrey's 6th B-Day Party) I took some time to reflect while beating the pavement this morning on my "jog" with my new running partners Scarlett and B.O.B. (High Speed Stroller). I have not had the ...
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After a long weekend with the "Boys" AKA some Bushmasters and company I have a lot to reflect upon. I do feel at times that I am an angry little man because I tend to pick apart plans and play devils advocate or sometimes state what to me seems obvious ye...
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Like to catch y'all up on the affairs and transgressions of the Bader clan during the last few days. Saturday, Patti and I (minus our SARS masks) swineflew to Dallas for a Soldiers Angels event that super Angel Twyla C. and her husband Reid hosted for our...
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As many can know, Life is filled with transitions. As we grow and mature our value structures change and these are typically based on our experiences. For example, as a child I couldn't wait to get a gun in my hands, I would carve and cut different type...
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My wife Patti is the great niece of the infamous General George Smith Patton Jr. She spent part of her childhood growing up in the Patton estate in San Marino California. My wife is very much like "Old Blood and Guts" - a fierce warrior during times ...
