March in WI

The look of disappointment on a 3yo when he realizes that going to see monster trucks this weekend doesn’t mean he gets to ride monster trucks this weekend

Who wants to go shovel a driveway with me

Evening walk on a frozen lake, Christmas 2025

I hope you all celebrated St Bab’s today with getting an audiogram

December in Wisconsin

America’s First Marine The Revolutionary War exploits of Samuel Nicholas—the first officer commissioned in the nascent Continental Marines.

I’m honored to have my latest article for Naval History Magazine as the cover story for their 250th Marine Corps Birthday issue. Thank you to Eric Mills & the whole @usni.org team for putting it together. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did researching it.

www.usni.org/magazines/na...

I got to see David Byrne’s “Who is the Sky?” tour in Chicago this weekend. It was so good that I’m now worried I won’t be able to enjoy live music again. Nothing could live up to it.

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I, for one, am shocked that the normalization of sports betting seems to be having a detrimental impact on sports.

Some early Trick-or-treaters

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When the new article arrives in the mail

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Down to only hours remaining in my 30s

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The Great Mouse Detective is criminally under appreciated

Name a better final shot to any movie

How many times did I see this as a kid and not get the “she talks on her sleep” line

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Nazis…

Giving my kids some culture tonight

I’m excited to have my latest work featured here

It’s not everyday you get to see your nonprofit’s logo on a race car. Excited to be part of the team. Nextopvets.org

Can you spot all the dinosaurs?

500 Meters to Ky Phu - Marine Corps Association However, the operation continued, and Barnum and the rest of Co H trudged on. For the Marines, the weather was the greatest enemy of the operation so far.

It was a nice surprise to find my latest article on the Marine Corps Association homepage yesterday. I had the privilege to work with COL Barnum to recount his actions outside Ky Phu in Dec 1965, for which he received the MOH.
www.mca-marines.org/leatherneck/...

Lt Charles Stewart took command of the schooner Experiment #OTD in 1800. I wrote about it in one of my earliest articles for @usni.org

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It’s been a while since I last worked on a writing project. I can tell I haven’t used some of those muscles lately, but I knocked out 1,500 words today.

My family as I start my annual lecture on how this holiday should celebrate the dual victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg as much as Jefferson requesting to speak to the manager:

#OTD

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RE: the feud

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When bug bite season starts

The local Sandhills Crane family came by to show off their new hatchling

Perhaps it’s time to retire the old stalwart and break in something new.