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FDR Memorial in DC
22 Jul 2008

With the summer travel season well underway, relatives from all over the US seem to converge on my centrally located villa for later adventures in DC. I don’t mind so much, except that going to DC in the summer months, while educational, can get a little hot. But even a jaded suburban-local like ...

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Hey now?NEW DIGS!
22 Jul 2008

The ww2file is pleased to say we’ve found a new home on ww2db.com. After a year and 25,000 visitors on the wordpress.com site, it was just time to move on. And now we’re here and ready to roll. We’ll bring you bits about art, lit, flix, media, as the title suggests. ...

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Aircraft Art
7 Jul 2008

Some time ago, I saw this notice at my school. The lede is copied here: “The Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery will host paintings by Richard Harris from June 7-July 8. Titled ‘Wings of Honor II,’ his paintings are influenced by the world of military aviation.” With school out for the summer and gas prices the ...

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The Pacific War, #16
6 Jul 2008

Just saw this a few days ago over at the pacificwar.com. It’s coming along…Notice in the first vid at about the 35 second mark that one of the actors is reading Sledge’s book, With the Old Breed. More on the Aussie news… Source: pacificwar.com.  Go visit and click on his ad links.

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WW2 Veteran Stories
27 Jun 2008

I don’t do this kind of thing enough: highlight personal stories of vets.  There are more than a few out there cirulating on the internet, and this one comes from a former medic via youtube.  More to come…

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Smithsonian Air and Space #3
11 Jun 2008

So this is the last post regarding A&S paintings. I didn’t get the chance to check them out as fully as I would have liked and the narrow walkway wouldn’t allow straight on shots. Sorry for this. These two show Pearl Harbor from a Japanese perspective. Photo Credit: photos by author

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Smithsonian Air and Space, #2
29 May 2008

So the area with the WW2 artifacts occupies two rooms the A&S museum in DC, and truth be told, it feels a little  cramped. For a more wide-open experience, check The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (in lovely Dulles near the airport). In this photo, you can see how things are pretty much on top of ...

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Smithsonian Air and Space
22 May 2008

So today I visited the SA&S museum with the FAM down in DC. If you ever get the chance to visit DC in late May, don’t. The weather was fine, but goodness, there were about 10 million middle school kids in town from all over the eastern seaboard. I’ve never seen anything ...

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Wii Fit
21 May 2008

Thanks for coming.  Good luck finding one…At the local Target this morning (8:30 AM), there were still two on the shelves.  I was there buying ink for my printer.   :/ 

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Gaming
14 May 2008

It’s been awhile since my last post (end of term blues…).  I did want to post a link to a gaming blog maintained by one of my former students.  It’s called the game whisperer and it focuses on the Nintendo Wii and the gaming industry in general.  It’s worth a visit so please give it ...

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