Mom supports my cause!

Today my mother sent this e-mail to me!

Yes sir

One sunny day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park bench.He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."The Marine replied, "Sir, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn’t reside here."The old man said, "Okay," and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton".The Marine again told the man, "Sir, as I said yesterday, Mrs. Clinton is not President and doesn't reside here.” The man thanked him and again walked away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same Marine, saying "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, "Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mrs. Clinton. I've told you already several times that Mrs. Clinton is not the President and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?"The old man answered, "Oh, I understand you fine, I just love hearing your answer!"The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, "See you tomorrow."

What about the BONE?

Since no one else is putting anything up, I feel obligated to keep you guys in the loop with my everyday life (mi vida loca).





I did get the opportunity to do a few cave dives before the meeting I am currently attending. The meeting, the Southern Medical Association 10th annual conference on Osteoporosis, in conjunction with the International Society for Clinical Densitometry Bone Desitometry Course and Vertebral Fracture Assessment.





I was in class from 0700 until 1915, at one point I awoke and wanted to stick myself with a very sharp knife just to make sure I was alive! blaa bla bla blaa blaaaaa





On the bright side I did watch a beautiful sunrise this morning before class.







I managed to get alittle training done with my cave diving. I am now officially Advanced trimix certified. What exactly that means, who knows but I had to do a dive in a cave, with three mixes (trimix, nitrox and oxygen) to a depth of 270'. Just to let you cats know, that equals some decompression time. The place was Eagle's Nest. Here are a couple of pictures.




Pretty isn't it. *closed course professional driver, do not attempt this at home*


Hope all is well with you Bad Boys.

dean

This is where I will be tomorrow. Currently I am in Lafayette, LA. Long drive tomorrow. Read about Ginnie springs on link to right (where was dean).

This is a business trip, as I will be attending a big meeting on osteoporosis. It just so happens that the finest cave diving in the United States is on the way.

I don't want to.

I have to.

audio blogging to site

Gabcast! Bravo Company Bad Boys Audio #1



Look on the right side to see link "how to audio blog"

Just want to let you guys know, This is all FREEEEEEEE including the call to the toll FREEE number!

No stun to small!

I don't know nothing about no stun guns. Those marks on my left foot are from two bolts I rammed my foot into at a swimming pool several years ago! It does look like a snake bite though!

I think Joey Knapp had one in Germany that he and his cohorts used to entertain one another with.

They say it is not the volts, it's the amps

They say

Who are they anyway?

Fess up Dean, this was you, wasn't it? Dean?

Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife.
A guy who purchased his lovely wife a "pocket Taser" for their anniversary submitted this...
Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 42nd anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Toni. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse- sized taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate time to retreat to safety.... WAY TOO COOL!

Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded two triple-a batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button. Nothing! I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button AND pressed it against flesh or a metal surface at the same time; I'd get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between theprongs. Awesome!!! Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Toni what that burn spot is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-a batteries, right?!!! There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently(trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh & blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie (for a fraction of asecond) and thought better of it. She is such a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it would work as advertised. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in one hand, and taser in another. The directions said that a one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a two-second burst was> supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5"long, less than 3/4 inch in circ umference; pretty cute really (and loadedwith two itsy, bitsy triple-a batteries) thinking to myself, "no possibleway!" What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do mybest... I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to one side as to say, "don't do it master," reasoning that a one-secondburst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad.. I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the heck of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY MOTHER, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! (&# %&) (# %) (&#*#*)!!! I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner and then body slammed us both on the carpet over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetalposition, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire,testicles nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in theoddest position, and tingling in my legs. The cat was standing over me making meowing sounds I had never heard before, licking my face, undoubtedly thinking to herself, "Do it again, do it again!"

Note: If you ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself with a taser, one note of caution: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ONE-SECOND BURST when you zap yourself!!! You will not let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the floor. A three second burst would be considered conservative. That hurt like hell!!! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent glasses were on the mantel of themantel of the fireplace. How did they up get there??? My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I'm still looking for my testicles and offering a significant rewardfor their safe return.

Confession

I just wanted you, my brothers, to be the first to know. I may be the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby...

I was fortunate enough to participate in training new Divemasters this past weekend. I am at the Comal river in New Braunfels, Texas. (see where was dean last weekend on right) Check out the nifty one piece uniform. It is a dry suit, I am wearing double tanks. I especially like the beanie, way cool when the flaps are down.

Those crazy astronauts!

Astronaut to be charged with attempted murder
Navy captain also is charged with attempted kidnapping

The Associated Press
Updated: 12:02 p.m. CT Feb 6, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. - A NASA astronaut accused of trying to kidnap a romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot’s affections will remain in jail because authorities planned to charge her with attempted first-degree murder, an official said Tuesday.

Orange County jail spokesman Allen Moore said Orlando police were in the process of adding the more serious charge that Lisa Marie Nowak, 43, tried to kill the woman.

“Even though she satisfied the bail for the other charges, she won’t be released from jail,” Moore said.

Orange County Judge Mike Murphy had earlier said Nowak could be released on $15,500 bond provided she stay away from the other woman and wear a monitoring device.

Nowak, a Navy captain and married mother of three, stood in a jail uniform during the hearing, looking down. The 43-year-old robotics specialist already faced charges including attempted kidnapping, attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery.

Chief astronaut Steve Lindsey testified that Nowak would go back to Houston. Lindsey flew with Nowak to the international space station last July aboard space shuttle Discovery.

“Our primary concern is her health and well-being and that she get through this,” Lindsey said after the hearing. “Her status (with the astronaut corps) has not changed.”

Lindsey was accompanied by another astronaut Chris Ferguson, who said he was “perplexed” by Nowak’s actions.

Police said Nowak drove 900 miles, donned a disguise and was armed with a BB gun and pepper spray when she confronted a woman she believed was a competitor for the affections of Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, an unmarried fellow astronaut.

Oefelein, 41, piloted the space shuttle Discovery in December. He and Nowak trained together but never flew a mission together.

Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was “more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship,” according to an arrest affidavit. Police found a love letter to Oefelein in her car.

According to authorities, Nowak believed another woman, Colleen Shipman, was romantically involved with Oefelein. When Nowak found out Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, Nowak decided to confront her early Monday, according to the arrest affidavit.

Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers in the car so she wouldn’t have to stop to go to the bathroom, authorities said. Astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry.

Dressed in a wig and a trench coat, she waited for Shipman’s plane to land and then boarded the same airport shuttle bus Shipman took to get to her car, police said. Shipman told police she noticed someone following her, hurried inside the car and locked the doors, according to the arrest affidavit.

Nowak rapped on the window, tried to open the car door and asked for a ride. Shipman refused but rolled down the car window a few inches when Nowak started crying, the statement said. Nowak then sprayed a chemical into Shipman’s car, the affidavit said. Shipman drove to the parking lot booth and police were called.



An officer reported following Nowak and watching her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. Police also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said.

Oefelein and Shipman, who the Houston Chronicle said worked at Patrick Air Force Base near the Kennedy Space Center, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

NASA spokesman James Hartsfield in Houston said that, as of Monday, Nowak’s status with the astronaut corps remained unchanged. “What will happen beyond that, I will not speculate,” he said.

Hartsfield said he couldn’t recall the last time an astronaut was arrested and said there were no rules against fraternizing among astronauts.

Police said Nowak told them that she only wanted to scare Shipman into talking to her about her relationship with Oefelein and didn’t want to harm her physically.

“If you were just going to talk to someone, I don’t know that you would need a wig, a trench coat, an air cartridge BB gun and pepper spray,” said Orlando police Sgt. Barbara Jones. “It’s just really a very sad case.”

According to NASA’s official biography, Nowak is a Naval Academy graduate who has a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. She has a teenage son and younger twin girls.

Oefelein has two children and began his aviation career as a teenager flying floatplanes in Alaska, according to a NASA biography. He studied electrical engineering at Oregon State University and later earned a master’s degree in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He has been an astronaut since 1998.

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I just hope our own was not involved with this. Looks like those navy girls and boys are trouble

Speaking of coming out of the closet!

I think a picture is worth a thousand words. Finally photo confirmation of what we all knew!

Dennis abusing his position of leadership to fulfill his twisted fantasies!

By the way, that boy is kindof cute, got a number Dennis?

Answer

Dean,
In answer to your request for a comment on the blog I must first point out that over the years we have all come to the conclusion you are not up to a physical challenge so that point is moot.

I have enjoyed the pictures posted both old and new, though the pic's with a man strapped to Bryan's back, while it confirmed a long held belief, was more than I needed to see.

I believe since we are all communicating through the blog that a rule should be instituted that when you are within an hours drive of another Bad Boy, you should at least call and offer to buy lunch. I don't want to mention names, BRAD, but being that close twice in as many months and not calling...well it's enough to say there were tears on my pillow.

You would think we could get more comments from Ron, Erich and Dan. We all have busy lives but when you don't take the time to abuse old friends, you're just missing out on one of the true joys in life.

I appreciate that Deanee put this thing together and I will continue to support/carry you Dean.

Hugs,
DMAC