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Comment on Two Weeks at War by Wayne Carter

Wayne Carter — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:58:57 +0000

The Proof Fairy (who also missed it the first time) sprinkled magic dust (but not irving) on that post and … presto, it never happened!

Comment on Two Weeks at War by Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:34:54 +0000

The error wasn’t in the capitalization, but that I misspelled it “Ford Ord.” “Ford” — as in Gerald or Henry.

Comment on Two Weeks at War by Wayne Carter

Wayne Carter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:27:02 +0000

If not capitalizing the fort in FORT Ord was the sin, then ex-cuuuusse us … Sir!

Comment on Two Weeks at War by Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:38:31 +0000

Make that FORT Ord. I’m afraid I’m dumbing down with the rest of internetted humanity.

Comment on Two Weeks at War by Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:28:48 +0000

Thanks Wayne for that trip down memory lane. There’s more to our two weeks at war. Perhaps the best screenplay would be a tale of two freaky screenwriters who get to play soldier.

My favorite incident was witnessing Fort Ord’s commander give a speech to the assembled officers about his lousy week. “First a jeep overturned and four of our troops were killed. Then an ordnance went off and we lost three more. Finally, my daughter broke her mother’s favorite vase. It’s been a lousy week at Fort Ord.”

I remember not believing what we were hearing and wondering if it was a joke. (No one laughed, as I recall.) Along with “target developer,” these example of Armyspeak made me glad I missed the draft by a squeak.

Comment on Resurrected & recommended, vol. 1 by Michael Simmons

Michael Simmons — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:44:25 +0000

Hey ZooGoo!

Comment on M-m-my generation by Cindi B

Cindi B — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:24:09 +0000

I don’t think so, or at least it didn’t rain. And if it was over early, it wasn’t very early.

Comment on M-m-my generation by Wayne Carter

Wayne Carter — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:08:40 +0000

I had several friends drive up to that Led Zeppelin concert from my dorm at the University of Miami at the time. Wasn’t that the one where there were lightning strikes and they had to end the concert early?

Comment on M-m-my generation by Cindi B

Cindi B — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:23:26 +0000

I found a reference to him somewhere else, by someone who had been there and still had their ticket stub. So it could have been. I thought I would have known who he was then, but maybe not. At that time I was listening to a lot of albums and not much radio, so I think I missed more than a few things. Thanks for responding.

That wasn’t my only concert at Tampa Stadium. I also saw Led Zeppelin there in the Spring of 1973. That was quite an experience. I think there were about 80,000 people and we couldn’t find our car for quite a while when we left. Then drove about 150 miles home.

Comment on M-m-my generation by Wayne Carter

Wayne Carter — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:45:11 +0000

I was in the same condition, but I have some dim awareness that it could have been Dan Fogelberg. His third album Captured Angel had recently been released, and I somehow remember hearing his hit "Part of the Plan" from his previous Souvenirs album. He passed away last year, sadly.