Tad's Happy Funtime

Long ago, in another life, I was a community college music student. One of my favorite experiences was the Electronic Studio class, which p...

Holy Cats... I should have known not to trust the Navy! There is an essay contest afoot at the U.S. Naval Institute's "Get the Gaug...

I've been stewing about this all day. Let's have a little perspective, shall we? I am a veteran. I have all my limbs, and actually...

Some of you have heard/read me gushing about my favorite podcast, Escape Pod. Of the many fine authors to appear there, a couple are semi-r...

Six Little Words (pt. 1) "Who likes bowling?" asked our Air Force Basic Military Training Instructor (TI), Senior Airman Young. ...

I've written before about the way my body reacts to over the counter cold remedies. People have told me, "People pay good money o...

You are on a bus. It is the middle of the night. You have been awake for twenty hours, and as the bus pulls through a gate guarded by men wi...