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Time to share my eclectic background. I spent five years as the deputy J4/5/7 at USTRANSCOM. I speak strategic air and sealift air refueling. My portfolio included deliberate planning to include transportation feasibility, emergency preparedness programs (CRAF, VISA, TSP), global posture….

In exchange for early voting my wife made me promise I have to live until Election Day. @fpwellman.bsky.social got my vote

I love my family. The kids determined this weekend was the only one any of them could visit before Christmas. My wife’s cousin chipping in. So breaking all rules, the trees have gone up and some of the mantle decorations now that I can’t physically handle a 12’ tree. Traditions passed. ✅

I have a complicated relationship with the Brewers and baseball growing up in WI. Uecker was my summertime soundtrack. I had a signed Don Money bat. ‘82 broke my heart. Go Brewers!

Late again. A series of the introductions I had to artists I became a completist of when it comes to their work. Eclectic AF

A little late…..

On Sunday we arrived home from the latest cancer tour trip. This time it was the Oregon Coast, Redwoods National & State Parks and Crater Lake. Stunning.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promised to keep And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep

Oregonians, what’s with the full service islands at gas stations? I haven’t seen this in years.

Serious military history is logistics, but it turns out much of the history of warfare is extremely, distressingly unserious

The latest leg of the “Making Memories with the Wife“ cancer tour last night brought a lesson. Playing a random playlist on my headphones. Let me tell you, REM’s “Everybody Hurts” hits really different as you’re nearing the end of treatment options. Almost completely lost my shit in public.

Since voting on November 3rd is my near term cancer survival goal, my wife is pushing back on my suggestion we vote early.

Hegseth’s Pentagon reminds me of the 80-20 rule (or pick your ratio). 20% of your troops would take up 80% of your time. They’ve put the bottom 20% in charge.

Driving through part of my congressional district that has a fair share of MAGA voters, and the Trump shrines are gone, including one that was really over the top. Flagpoles still up, but nothing flying on them.

I was double checking my oncology lab/doctor/infusion visit times last night when a new warning popped up. “If you have symptoms associated with measles or suspect you may have been exposed to measles….” Unbelievable the damage anti-vaxxers have already wrought.

This looks like The Amazing Race. I’m guessing they’re all going to stack up at whatever offload facilities they are headed for. Could get same or better throughput with fewer trucks

Paying expensive healthcare premiums but never using the insurance is a odd way to commit fraud.

MATT LAFRAUD

I think Gute and LaFleur are on the hot seat. I simply do not see a path forward for this team to get better. This is last years Ravens game

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My best friend is from Iowa and has family plugged into the state government. For months he’s been telling me there’s a crisis for the GOP brewing and that Iowa is very much in play.

I haven’t had great news on the cancer front lately and making it to the mid-terms is back as a survival goal. (Previously I’d become pretty confident, now, not so much). If Dems can manage to not screw this up a 1974 result would be an incredible last election for me.….and the nation.

Every day I think “well, surely everything can’t get stupider.” And every day events prove me wrong.

Between the killing of DTIC and now CASI, DOD really trying to kill any and all scholarship on war, I’m sure that’ll work out smartly!

Here in Missouri House #2, Ann Wagner’s (R) ads are nothing but pure anti-trans diatribe/conspiracy theories. No other issues are being mentioned. Disgusting. Also, completely different than her previous campaigns. I really do despise her.

Another poor sequence by LaFleur

Matt LaFleur with three play calls that make no sense from the high red zone. In other words, par for the course

Matt LaFleur does not understand the meaning of the word “adjustment”

Complimentary football is an alien concept in Green Bay