Gotta hate it when you're sick enough to feel like hell, but not sick enough to stay in bed. Whatever this is has drug on for days, just enough that I have drug around for days. The low-grade temperature, the low-level headache, the low-level body aches...I'm just laid low with it. Here's to a new week and to feeling better! And Happy Birthday to a man who has probably influenced more people than most world leaders - Dr. Seuss. How many of us can quote at least part of The Cat in the Hat or Green Eggs and Ham , no matter how old we are?~ Michael S. Pauley
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On Snow days, you get to stay home, enjoy the fire, drink hot chocolate or cider, and play in the snow. On late start days, you have to wait until the roads thaw a little, get in to work with increased traffic, leave before it gets dark so you can get home before the roads refreeze, and still get in a full day's work. Late start days disrupt that carefully balanced schedule most families develop to get everyone out the door on time. It gets especially frustrating when different family members have different start times. Definitely a traffic jam for the shower! Give a me plain old snow day anytime ! ~ Michael S. Pauley
It's hard to believe, with all the wintry weather around the nation, that, baseball has started back up! The boys of summer are starting their annual migration to camp and we can look forward to warmer days and pre-season games. The time between Superbowl Sunday and the first televised pre-season game emphasizes the poor choices for television viewing on most channels. I have been reduced to watching re-runs of Cold Case ( more interesting than I thought it would be). But I have had a chance to catch up on my military history reading! To quote the kids, Yay, me! ~ Michael S. Pauley
Today is the birthday of William Shirer, CBS broadcaster and author (The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich), born in 1904. I am in the process of re-reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (again), and re-realizing how much the events of that time are still affecting us today. I also am realizing how much some events of today mirror those of the past. As I look at the historical events of the day (1916, 1926, 1954), I am struck by how many past concerns are still issues we deal with many years later. ~ Michael S. Pauley
As a native of West Virginia, I am no stranger to winter weather. That is one reason I no longer live there! I joke that I started walking south with a snow shovel and when someone asked me, "What you got there?", I stopped walking and settled down. It seems that the weather has found a way to follow me! When it is cold even in Miami, it shows how my plan was far from fool-proof. At least we don't have to worry about losing pets and small children in the drifts. Records are being broken all over the U.S. and I think we could all do with a little less record breaking! ~ Michael S. Pauley
Today, in Western Christianity, is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. People that participate give up something for the duration of the Lent season. Most people choose something they won't really miss, like chocolate covered cherries or fruitcake. Some people give up something that is a true hardship for them, like smoking. I wish that some aspects of human nature, like making war on our fellow man, were as easy to give up as fruitcake. ~ Michael S. Pauley
Enjoy the long weekend! ... in spite of the weather ~ Michael S. Pauley
You know that feeling you get waiting for new books? I can hardly wait until my order gets here! I will finally have all the books by one of my favorite military historians, Rear Admiral Samuel Elliott Morison. I love Naval history, especially that of World War II, and his books are among the best. I feel like I have been waiting forever to get the last few books. Finally found them through the Naval Institute. Still waiting... the anticipation builds... what is taking so long? Packing? Shipping? Oh, wait, I just ordered them this morning! Patience is not one of my virtues. ~ Michael S. Pauley
I've always said that sleep is for sissies, but I still like to get some once in a while. What's keeping me up? Is it the kids coming home at all hours? No! Is it worry over world affairs? Not always. Is it the sirens that go by in the distance all night? Sometimes. These things you can learn to tune out. What wakes me up from a dead sleep every time is the pitter-patter of feline feet as they tromp up and down my spine. The plaintive yowl while being head-butted at 3 a.m. God knows I love our feline housemates (you can't call them pets since no one can own a cat, simply live to serve them). I know they love me and want to get head rubs and tell me about every raccoon and possum wandering the yard, but a man's gotta sleep sometime! It's bad enough when I have to sleep like a contortionist in the circus just to find room for my legs because the cat has claimed his spot. I think we may have to pull a Fred Flintstone, by putting the cat out of the room and shutting the door at night. I am starting to look like an extra in the Walking Dead. I need some sleep! ~ Michael S. Pauley
Now that the adrenaline of the Holidays and the excitement/dread of returning to work and school have worn off, people seem to be walking around with a huge case of Blah-h-h. It seems everyone I see is sort of stumbling around in a daze. Without the focus of getting ready for and celebrating the Holidays, it takes a while to get back in the swing of regular life. I know we have a lot of wandering around, trying to get back on a schedule, back into a productive mind-set. Our efforts are often thwarted by others who are wandering in their own daze and bring our efforts at production to a grinding halt, not through any malice, but as a result of their own post-holiday malaise. Well, let's grab another cup of coffee and see if we can get this show on the road! ~ Michael S. Pauley
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AuthorMichael S. Pauley is a Navy brat and an old soldier who served in all three components of the United States Army. Living in Lexington, South Carolina, Michael is now a practicing attorney and member of the United States Naval Institute and the American Legion, Post 154, Tybee Island, Georgia. Archives
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