WHERE O WHERE HAVE I BEEN

Been on the road for the last four days so I missed a bunch of stuff.

Happy Veterans Day to anyone who has ever served (November 11). We all know the origin of the day, right? Armistice Day (as in WW I) at the 11th hour on 11/11/1918

Happy 230th to The USMC (November 10)

The 32nd anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald the famed ore carrier of song (November 10)

And today (November 13) marks the 65th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Juneau during the battle for Guadalcanal. Part of the ship's complement were the five Sullivan brothers, who all died when the Juneau went down

Kudos to Jet Blue. The screens provided on every Jet Blue seat are an excellent idea for passing the time of flight. So is the seat configurations leg-room wise. Plus, Jet Blue out of JFK definitely has their shit together insofar as passenger movement and comfort from the minute you enter the terminal. If they could fix the way JFK handles auto traffic in the pick up area, they'd have a damn near perfect operation. But I digress.

Caught an excellent docu on The History Channel on the flight home last night Band of Bloggers (I wasn't thrilled with the title, either, clever as it was). It was about some of the early in-service/in-country bloggers of the Iraq War and how it changed the face of war insofar as civilians are concerned. Short shrift is given the way video changed the way war was viewed during the Viet Nam War, but in context it was quite correct.

The show contained some sterling stuff from the guys (and one girl) on the ground, and also a ton of outstanding observations strewn throughout the commentary provided by the writers.

More when I get unburied from a TON of paperwork ...