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Royal Canadian Air Force Moose Milk–New Year’s Eve recipe.
It is New Year’s Eve, so in order to assist those aviators and airport bums who enjoy entertaining at home, I present the secret recipe for the concoction known to Royal Canadian Air Force personnel as “Moose Milk”. Originally made … Continue reading
Winter Solstice Day 2020
This is a reprise, with some editing, of a story I wrote six years ago about the Winter Solstice. In the northern hemisphere, this is the day with the least amount of sunlight and most hours of darkness. The southern … Continue reading
We are not dead yet! FfS lives on…
After considerable discussion, we have decided to keep Flowers for Socrates going. The pandemic helped fuel this decision. I personally have a number of posts in the can, so to speak, and will now start publishing on a regular basis. … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking News
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The Celtic Lassie is home. Her memorial is forever.
Landscape Architect’s rendering by Kenneth Soergel, ASLA. This is the Brandi Nicole Stanley Memorial Rose Garden, St Thomas Episcopal Church.
Shortfinals is back and we have him here.
by Chuck Stanley Shortfinals is back and we have him here. It has been 1,484 days since shortfinals wrote one of his encyclopedic photo-blog posts for the Daily Kos blog. Shortfinals is the nom de plume of G. Ross Sharp. … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, United Kingdom
Tagged Air&Space, museums, New Writer, Photography, RAF, shortfinals, Smithsonian, The People's Mosquito, Writing
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Royal Canadian Air Force Moose Milk Recipe
by Chuck Stanley It is New Year’s Eve, so in order to assist those aviators and airport bums who enjoy entertaining at home, I present the secret recipe for the concoction known to RCAF personnel as “Moose Milk”. Originally made … Continue reading
Posted in Airshow, Canada, Uncategorized
Tagged Hogmanay, Humor, Libation, Moose Milk, New Years Eve, RCAF, Recipe, Royal Canadian Air Force
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SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 29 YEARS OLD TODAY . . . THE CELTIC LASSIE: 1988 – 2015
by Chuck Stanley Not scared of trolls at all. Trolls know better than to hassle Celtic women. A Celtic Woman will open the gates of hell, escort your ass right on in, and do it with a smile on her … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Aviation, North Carolina, Tennessee
Tagged Birthday, Brandi Nicole Stanley, Cancer, Celtic Lassie, Memorial, Trolls
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It needed to be said. CNN reporter confronted with the truth.
by Chuck Stanley This woman speaks directly to a CNN reporter today, and tells the unvarnished truth. This has needed saying for years. I recall reading that early in her broadcasting career, Oprah Winfrey was fired from a local TV … Continue reading
Posted in Climatology, Heroism, News Roundup, Texas
Tagged CNN, Flood, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Journalism, News reporting
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Eclipse Day is upon us. Is a dragon going to eat the sun?
by Chuck Stanley Unless you live in a cave somewhere, with no way to connect to the outside world, you know the total solar eclipse will be here tomorrow. The countdown is picking up speed. If you are near … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Eye Care
Tagged Billy Hix, counterfeit, Eclipse, Here Comes the Sun, Louie Ludwig, NASA, Science
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