"She has a good face, speaks well, and has excellent good clothes." (Pericles)

Well, the military tradition seems to be carrying on. Granddaughter, PK (Princess Katrina) turned 21 on March 20th and graduated from Naval Boot Camp on the next day. She is an "E-3" with 3 green stripes on her uniform which means she's an enlisted "Airman"...not a seaman...but an Airman! Guess she's following in her grandfather's footsteps. Besides that bit of fate and fortune, she will be assigned to a school in Whidbey Island, WA where I was stationed in WWII after I came back from Europe. Her goal is to be a mechanic on jet engines. After all, she also graduated from Motorcycle Mechanics' Institute in Phoenix. Katrina's dad is a Harley Davidson sales agent in Virginia...he also acts, now and then, as my son. PK had four tickets to the graduation and they went to her dad, her Aunt Robin, who refers to me as "Pop" and her Aunt and Uncle from California. May her career have calm seas and a following wind.

(Picture is USS HIGGINS named for my son-in-law)

Another bit of current news is that I just had another book published titled "Pater Noster in Condoland". It can be previewed by clicking on "My Lulu Shop" at the top of this blog--then clicking "Print to Cart". On the next page just click on the book title and it will go to a page with all the details. It's part of the "buying" experience...but you don't have to buy it...duh. It will be no big surprise. It has 368 pages of all the blogs I wrote in 2007 from August to New Years Day. It also comes with all the comments. Again I will become a famous unknown author. I guess at some point I'll publish Vol.II of the 2008 blogs. History might consider these books as a sequel to my "Memoirs".

This morning I went to the National City Bank to cash in a CD that has been churning out interest for the past 13 months. I had misplaced the CD, but I did have a letter from the bank indicating that the CD would be maturing as of today. So, I went to the teller's window and showed him the letter which had the CDs account number. He went to his computer and then came to the window with a check for the full amount of the CD without asking me for any identification. Anyone might have found that letter on the street and without having to show any ID might have walked out of that bank with my money. Incidentally, I found the CD in the glove compartment of my car after all was said and done. Rhoda just came home from her Hadassah luncheon and announced that she's too tired to cook...so we'll be off to Sweet Tomatoes tonite for soup and a salad. Today is my one month's birthday. Have a good one.