Just Observing

Just Observing

Driving to the hotel for breakfast this morn, somebody on the radio says that an unused part of the prison, Sing Sing, will be opened to the public. Hadn't heard that prison mentioned for one hell of a long time. Thought it was located somewhere on the east coast...and where the hell did that name come from? Who would name a prison like that Sing Sing?

Sandy, the head of housekeeping at the hotel, wandered out on the patio to chat a minute. Told her. Off she went.

J came for breakfast, then A, the Gen Mgr of the hotel comes out, pulls up a chair. He's eating one of those energy bars. Says he's about to starve. So we're all kicked back, when here comes Sandy. She got on her computer and she's got all the info about that prison. It's in New York. Sing Sing came from the Indians' words, Sint Sinks, which means "stone upon stone". Built the prison in 1825! All this from www.crimelibrary.com !! Pictures and all. She's printed out the three pages. Said she'd got interested too and had to find out. Human curiosity. Nothing like it!

Beautiful sunset right now. Flaming red-pink and pale blue to purple. Horizon wide. Sunny day, 60 degrees. More storms on the way.
A writer in Colorado emailed to say that the storm we just had hit there with snow, rolling thunder and lightning. Sent a pic of a field of snow just outside the edge of a forest. And just into the field was a herd of about 50 elk moving along. He's decided they were ghost elk, since he got where he was going and came back within a very short time and they'd disappeared.

The Stennis aircraft carrier set sail for Bremerton WA this morning, making room for the Ronald Reagan carrier to anchor next to the Nimitz carrier at North Island NAS over on Coronado.

Also got emailed a pic of a Special Forces B-Team today. Don't know where in this world they are, but their commander is holding a sawed-off shotgun with his M-16 slung over one shoulder and they all have pistols strapped on their legs, plus their other weapons in their hands. Half are wearing sunglasses. As the guy who sent them said, not a group to encounter if you're the enemy. Indeed. Those guys could be stripped nude. Even their bodies are lethal weapons. They will bite you if it comes to that.
Right on your throat.

Those guys don't strut or swagger. They have nothing to prove. Already done that. Nicest guys in the world... Very smart. Great fun. Very patient. Have been known to spend a year setting up a practical joke...

It's a wrap...