Author Archives: DougM (just entertaining myself here)

74-yo retired USAF LtColonel ’69-’92 (Satellite engineering, test, launch, & operations. Strategic planning)
BSE (aerospace eng) UMichigan ’69, MS (astro guidance&control) AF Inst Tech ’75
Living in south-central North Carolina
Shooting, working on my ’74 TR6, a little gunsmithing, and entertaining myself posting here at SondraKistan
Erstwhile single-handed live-aboard sailor/instructor/USCGMaster-50Tons, mounted foxhunter, world traveler, backpacker, book collector, photographer, USCCA corner worker, scuba diver, skier, bicycle & Harley tourist, shooting instructor, and rescuer of maidens fair. Wise ass
(What? Oh, right)
…and pal to my invisible friend, here

The Declaration of Independence…

July 4, 2022 – 12:02 am

…something all Americans have in common Ha! Even better

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Loophole

July 3, 2022 – 4:28 pm

SondraKistan doesn’t count as social media, right? _____ • Story

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Take the knee

July 2, 2022 – 6:17 pm

_____ • Story • Picked up by Pookie’s Toons

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Scienciness

July 1, 2022 – 10:45 pm

_____ • Story

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Can you hear my teeth gnashing?

July 1, 2022 – 10:18 pm

Do you want an ass-kicking? Because this is how you get an ass-kicking Dems regret the poor taste, but promote the outrageous sentiment _____ • Story

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Happy Canadia Day

July 1, 2022 – 12:19 pm

Same birthday card as last year, eh My favorite Canada Day was on my Harley about 25 years ago being handed a CAN flag by the nice customs gal at Little Gold, between Chicken, Alaska, and Dawson City, Yukon _____ Title ref: me ol’ CanaDad’s joke (late of St. Catharines, ONT) Freedom rallies

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Stuff That’s Hard to Do (Falcon9 SES comsat)

June 29, 2022 – 3:35 pm

Sure, we’ve seen this before, but it doesn’t hurt to watch another one It’s still a heckuva thing Tilty bullseye landing @T+8m30s Atlas launch (Friday evening)

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Nobody expects…

June 28, 2022 – 11:13 pm

_____ • Cultural ref • Picked up by Bookworm • Picked up by Pookie’s Toons

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Special J6 Inquisition session hears “new evidence”

June 28, 2022 – 2:48 pm

_____ • Story • Story • Cultural ref (witch trial, Holy Grail) • Cultural ref (Simone, Ferris Bueller) • Picked up by Pookie’s Toons • Story

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The Choice Thing

June 27, 2022 – 10:38 pm

_____ • Picked up by Pookie’s Toons • Picked up by Bookworm

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