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Continue reading →: Swiss ChocolateThe best chocolate bar I ever ate was one I bought from The Swiss Guard in Vatican City. During my deployment in 2000, we stopped in Civitavecchia, Italy. I didn’t want to leave the ship that day, the port was kind of nasty. There was all sorts of garbage and…
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Continue reading →: A little hobby to keep my hands busyI like to make things with my hands. Sometimes, it’s nice to sit on the couch and watch a show or a movie and make something without having to go to the workshop. That’s why I like making things with paracord. Paracord is sometimes called 550 cord because it can…
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Continue reading →: Big ChangesThere have been some big changes to Eric’s Blog today although the content remains the same. Take a look around and let me know what you think of the redesign.
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Continue reading →: Adventure in the DarkWhen I was a kid, my favorite bedtime storybook was Adventure in the Dark. It was about a little mouse named Tippu who got lost in the woods and whose imagination ran away with him. He saw all sorts of scary things in the woods. There were ghosts, goblins, and…
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Continue reading →: Time Enough At LastA Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens My rating: 5 of 5 stars View all my reviews I have read A Christmas Carol more times than I can count. Charles Dickens is undoubtedly one of the best English Literature writers. I love so many things about the story,…
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Continue reading →: Personal Growth in the Military: Confronting FearsThis sounds silly, but when I was in high school, I had a debilitating fear of going somewhere by myself that I’d never been before. I realized I had this fear when I had to go to the next town over to take the SAT. What if I couldn’t find…
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Continue reading →: Music is the sound of life reaching out for loveDescribe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. It’s been difficult for me to find or feel any joy lately and I don’t know why. I heard a song today that made my soul smile though. It is a Dierks Bentley song called Living. These are…
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Continue reading →: Dirty MoneyI couldn’t give the money in my pocket away fast enough today. I went to the Corner Mart across the parking lot from my office for an afternoon pick-me-up of Diet Coke and a candy bar. Before I went to pay, I thought, I needed some cash to pick up…
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Continue reading →: Happy Birthday Sarah!Today is Sarah’s 19th birthday and I can hardly believe it, where does the time go? The older I get, the faster time seems to fly past me. Watching you grow up has been my reward. I have always loved you and I always will. Happy birthday Squeaker!
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Continue reading →: Blech!I just pulled a tick off of my leg. The little blood suckers are bad! We tend to say that every year around this time, but I’ve already pulled two off of Adrianne, two off of the dog, and now this one. It hadn’t been on there very long, but…
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