Category Archives: Personal

The Big Bang Theory: Singular or Plural?

I have always been “into” astronomy, especially since I grew up in the Space Age while my father was in the Air Force and working at the Aerospace Medical Center at Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio. He would … Continue reading

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Echoes of Gettysburg, Ghosts of my Ancestors

I have had several opportunities to visit Gettysburg. It’s only about 30 minutes from the FEMA campus in Emmitsburg, MD, where I taught once or twice a year. Over the weekends, I’d go up for shopping and sightseeing. The battlefield … Continue reading

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Every Day Should Be Memorial Day

May 27, 2013 8:18 PM The sun was too bright and the sky was too blue. There was no somber overcast sky the day we laid my father, M/SGT R.C. Thomas, USAF (ret.) to rest in the National Cemetery. The … Continue reading

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Death and Destruction in my Hometown

April 18, 2013 1:57 PM Last night I stayed up watching the updates of the fertilizer factory explosion outside my hometown of Waco, Texas. In fact, the blast was in the little town of West (originally called West Station), where … Continue reading

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