Bear, Bistream & Beatle

Tuesday, Oct. 09, 2007 - 1:01 a.m.

Today's History Lesson: On this date back in 1999, the final official flight of the SR-71 took place.

President Bill Clinton had refused to sign legislation that would have extended the service life of what I believe to be the most amazing piece of terrestrial transportation that has existed in the entire history of human civilization.

So if anybody else out there is still missing the Blackbird, there's who to blame for its disappearance.

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Well, so much about best-laid plans.

John woke up in terrible pain yesterday, and took the day off to make his way to his chiropractor, who discovered that John's hip and back and leg torsion had been so bad that it resulted in his right leg being one and three-fourths inches shorter than his left leg.

Ack!

As of when he went to bed about an hour and a half ago, he was feeling much better.

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Over on FARK, I found a link to the military blog of Private BattleHard Bear. He is a teddy bear who was sent to the 101st Airborne Division over in Iraq, and the service personnel adopted him and trained him.

Do not miss this. I was in tears. These men and women are busy as hell, and twice as hot -- so for this project to have been undertaken by the troops was a very wonderful and generous thing for them to have done so the kids would have a better understanding of what's going on in Iraq.

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The last time I opened the 'Talk/Spoken word' portion of iTunes, I was pleased to see so many FM talk stations available.

I found one that I listen to when I'm in So Cal; KLSX.

In addition to hosting the best morning show out there (Adam Carolla), they are also the home base of Tom Leykis, and a trio of folks named Frosty, Heidi, and Frank.

John and I listened yesterday morning to a little bit of Adam Carolla, (with Danny Bonaduce and Teresa Strasser) and it was twenty-five minutes of the best entertainment I've heard on FM morning radio in a very long time.

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Anyway, not much else to report. John is going back to work today, so please think good thoughts about his hip and back. :)

Have a good Tuesday.

And happy birthday to Sean Lennon, and his father, John.

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