Dragon Laffs

As difficult as it has been for all of us, with Thanksgiving being tomorrow, it is still worth taking the time to mention a few things we are thankful for. 

Other than the obvious family and loved ones, which I am overwhelmingly thankful for, I am thankful for all of you.  For, if it wasn’t for you, there’d be no reason for any of us to be here.

I’m thankful for my partner, brother, and best friend, Lethal Leprechaun.  The brother I never knew I had until we met when we were both broken old mythical creatures.  Love you bro and you are always in my prayers. 

I’m thankful for my brothers the wise and honorable Owl and my other brother, the brave and adventurous Wolf.  You are both always in my heart.  I know I don’t maintain contact the way I should, but know that you are always in my thoughts.

My dad, Papa Dragon Most Senior, of course is always in my thoughts and prayers.  I love you much.

I’m thankful for the Whelpling and his family and all the little grand-dragonlets that I miss very much and wish we could see for the holidays.

I’m thankful for mom, Aunt Jeannie, Ginny, Paul, and all the rest of you who contribute and care and share and pray and …. are just you.  You are all so very special.

I’m thankful for one of my oldest and bestest friends who contributes to not only this blog, but to my own personal well being.  Wheats and I were roommates when we were both stationed at Spangdahlem AB in Germany 37 years ago and barely a day goes by that we don’t at least say hey by text on the phone. 

I’m thankful to the men and women of the United States Military who raised their hands and swore to give up everything, up to and including their lives to protect and defend the rest of us.  They do not EVER get enough thanks for their service, but they all need to know that they have mine. 

I’m thankful for being alive and for God’s Blessings in my life.

And I’m thankful for all of you, allowing me this platform and this opportunity to express my thanks and opinions.

Now I think it’s time to lighten up a bit and get some laughter in before everyone needs to start making all that great food for tomorrow.

Yeah, I know…I’m trying to get back to normal issues, its just not working out!

I know you’re getting tired of hearing it, but it’s all I have time for right now.

Today is Veteran’s Day and although it was supposed to be an extra special issue, I’ve only got a couple of hours to put it together so it’s not going to be as extra or as special as I would like. 

But, before we get into any kind of laughter, there is something that I want to say to the vets and to the active service members (who also qualify as vets), the same thing that I tell all my students at the end of every class.

To the Vets and Service men and women out there.  I want to say thank you.  Thank you for your service.  Thank you for your sacrifices, and by extension, thank you to your families that stay behind and support you.

You know, at some point in time we all raised our hands and solemnly swore to protect The Constitution with everything we have, everything we are, up to and including our own lives if that is what is required of us.  And if you are like me, in the back of your mind you were thinking that you were doing this to protect your friends, your family, your loved ones.

But, you know what?

You are also protecting MY friends, MY family, MY loved ones.  And for that alone, you deserve my thanks, my gratitude.  As well as the thanks and gratitude of many, many other people, even though we all know you aren’t going to get it…or at least not enough of it. 

But this is MY blog and in here, you get it.  You deserve it.  Thank you for your service and dedication to duty.  There is one dragon who deeply appreciates it with all his heart.

So, Vets, and military folks of all kinds, these laughs are for you!

It doesn’t matter how old you get, you will always see yourself as a military member.

Undoubtedly a Vet!

This next one requires some explaination…

I was with the Wild Weasels in two different iterations, once with the old F-105 Thunder Chiefs,  And the second time when they had changed over to the F-4 Phantom.  Which is what you see above in the picture.  There mission was hunting down antiaircraft missile launchers, but they did it by flying around in the sky until a launcher got a lock on them and fired a missile at them.  The SAM Missiles were like watching a tleephone plle flying up from the ground at you at hundreds of miles per hour.  Then your job was to follow the missile path back down to the ground and destroy the launcher.  Like walking around out in the open trying to get a snipers attention so you can see where he shoots from.  Hence the motto: You’ve gotta be shittin’ me.

Okay, so I’m out of time, so I’ll finish this off with some regular humor.  Love you guys.

I have good news!  I have had secret communications Lethal Leprechaun while on his covert mission.  Now, I can’t, of course, divulge what that mission entails nor too much concerning our communication, but suffice it to say, that he is alive and well and hopes to be back amongst us in a couple of weeks.

So, in my feeble attempts to keep you entertained while our green brother is otherwise occupied, why don’t we get some laughter in, shall we?

Okay, good, I agree.  But, let’s start with a little news. There is a brand new written alcohol test.  Like the on-scene sobriety test that an officer can ask you to partake in, they can also give you this written test:

Yeah, that would be enough to give you a start.

And with that stunning pronunciation, I’ll say good bye until Saturday!