I worked in the yard this morning and then made some potato salad this afternoon. I'm gonna have a St. Louis Memorial Day dinner: pork steaks, potato salad, and baked beans. I really should have Michael and Cindy over, but the last time I had them over for Memorial day was when a wine glass broke in my hand (I was trying to catch it) and cut the hell out of my hand between my ring finger and pinkie. We had to spend a couple of hours at the emergency room and I eventually had to have hand surgery where they lost my pants! They gave me some great drugs for that surgery.
Not gonna happen this year.
Take a moment to reflect on those who died to keep us free and for those who have served and are serving now.
Posted by denny at May 26, 2008 02:04 PMThat dinner sounds GREAT! We moved to Alaska from St. Charles, MO, just outside of St. Louis. I miss BBQ pork steaks, which are hard to get up here.
Rev. Paul
Posted by: Rev. Paul Gleason on May 26, 2008 02:28 PMThanks for that Denny. Mazel Tov! to you.
Posted by: SSG Dave Wallach on May 26, 2008 04:51 PMDinner here is close to the same changing the pork steaks to baby backs. Umm Umm Good! All you folks please remember the 1948 MIAs in Vietnam still listed by the DOD as of November 2001. Their families still wonder and get no answers. And to what end can we justify some 58,000 Americans KIA in the jungles and rice fields of that shithole country? Only now, it has been mostly rebuilt and bears few scars of the raging battles fought there, unlike our many military cemeteries. Bless them all.
Posted by: Pres on May 26, 2008 06:45 PMGreat Post Denny. I always think of a Sgt that served with my dad in Schofield Barracks. He had 3 sons like my dad did. we were all friends. Unlike my dad, he did not come back from Viet Nam. My flag in the front yard is for him.
Posted by: patrick on May 26, 2008 08:39 PMRoger that Patrick....what Nam gave back to us, we honor each year:
http://www.karendean.net/turner/michael.html
That knock on the door from the pastor and MARINE is as fresh in mind today as it was when it took place in 1968.
Posted by: The Other Other Dan on May 26, 2008 08:47 PMDan - That is a helluva tribute to your brother and to your father.. wow wow wow..
Posted by: patrick on May 27, 2008 12:39 AMGreat minds must think alike. Flew the flag high at the river all day then went home and had mesquite smoked South Texas Ribeyes(pork ribeye), Potato Salad and Bush's baked Beans.And talked about my grandfathers over dinner.
Thank You to one and all who served and are serving so that I could get sunburned to shit then eat some BBQ yesterday!
Posted by: kerrcarto on May 27, 2008 11:40 AM