Honky Tonk Cruzers

I've enjoyed seeing the many family pictures from Easter that everyone's been posting on Facebook the last couple of days.  The Cruzers had a great time in Alabama this past weekend.  So he...

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So a couple of years ago, Abercrombie & Fitch got their pee-pee shwacked: In April 2005, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California finalized a  settlement of Gonzal...

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During summer breaks away from VMI, on the weeks when I wasn't aboard a Navy ship during my midshipmen summer training cruises, I was off earning my keep and being a contributing member of t...

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Uncle Don and Alexis This was from Alexis' 16th birthday party down in the country.  I think Alexis will be like her Mom in that she will always keep the family close to her heart. So ...

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In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here's a flashback from the summer of 1996.  That's me and Matt "Joose" Tobler in Dublin, Ireland.  As if being in Ireland while aboard the USS JOHN F. KENNE...

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Zero One Two Three Four Five  Six ...and seven today for Jake!  Happy Birthday!

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CJ was a good friend tonight in coming out to the Arlington Middle School Talent Show to support his buddy Sean.  That's Sean in the middle with the kilt.  He was awesome with the bagpipes...

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In some ways, this is the opposite of Wordless Wednesday.   I wonder what happened here.  In Jake's attempt to not be wasteful, he saved a couple of "e's."  This is my fav...

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Here's a good read written by a a former Secretary of the Navy.  A history lesson too - from the pivotal Battle of Midway to Korea and Vietnam, followed by a hyper-jump to Tailhook '91 and joint...

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Here's a quick video of CJ and Jake with their cousins Jena and Ariel hanging out in the backyard during the Christmas break.  Flannigan is with them too.  No kids or animals were harmed in the...

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Carol's step-dad, James Mathews, better known as Paw Paw to the kids and Mathew to the grownups, passed away last month at the ripe young age of 91.  Carol's Mom called him Mathew because she d...

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Whoops.  Forgot to post this one before I went on travel.  So here's the other half of 2011: Jena got to hang out with the Honky Tonk Cruzers in Tennessee after a fun vacation week in Mi...

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Ringing in 2011 with our awesome Coltwood neighbors.  That's Amy, Lori, Carol and Stephanie.  I felt like I was back in Korea when they broke out the karaoke machine. My brother Lee's g...

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My brother Bernabe (Beanie) who lives in New York wrote this note recently.  I thought it was pretty cool. ------------------------------ I'm not a pious person. I'm not a religious pers...

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Here are the Cruzers back when they still taught cursive writing in school.  I would've shared my big fat #2 pencil with the nice girl in the red shirt if she needed one.  

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I felt confident that Alabama would get the win last night because I found it hard to believe any team could beat Nick Saban twice in one year.  The sheer magnitude of the butt-whooping doled ...

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Flashback 21 years ago, when I was home in Virginia Beach for Christmas break during my senior year at VMI.  Not sure what got into Mom and Dad but they said no problem to having a "small group...

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