RSS- Open Thread – Inauguration Day 2025
- On December 19, 2024 Congress tried to suspend the federal debt limit until 2027 but the vote failed. The January 2 limit is full. What now?
- Dave Chappelle’s SNL Monologue
- Aurimas Mockus and his grueling quest to row from San Diego to Brisbane – mostly naked
- Drone Industry: American Style
- What really happened with the Pacific Palisades water hydrants?
- Two big launches scheduled for this week
- DeSantis Pitches Moving NASA Headquarters to Florida
- A renewed Ukrainian offensive in Kursk?
- True story of “Anna of Kyiv”: SBI launches investigation into formation of 155th Brigade
Category Archives: Farrell
“Ditty Dum Dum Ditty” by Alan Farrell
Years ago Colonel Lang, with Alan Farrell’s permission, made Alan’s book of poetry available on his blog “The Atheneum.” I provided the link below. Enjoy. I find most of his works very Viet Nam War specific, but I can truly … Continue reading
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Ladies and Gentlemens: Thanks for having me here to honor those who’ve served. I was a soldier. Then I was a teacher. Now I’m just a… well, a citizen, I guess. A teacher. One day I’m dozing through a meeting of the English … Continue reading
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The Solitude of Combat Veterans – Alan Farrell
Ladies and Gentlemens: Kurt Vonnegut — Corporal Vonnegut — famously told an assembly like this one that his wife had begged him to “bring light into their tunnels” that night. “Can’t do that,” said Vonnegut, since, according to him, the … Continue reading
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The Solitude of Combat Veterans – Alan Farrell
Note: I thought I’d reshare these words by Alan Farrell. He gave this address to a group of vets one Veterans Day at the Harvard Business School. Granted the address is more appropriate for a Veteran’s Day than a Memorial … Continue reading
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Alan Farrell on Soldiering
Ladies and Gentlemens: Thanks for having me here to honor those who’ve served. I was a soldier. Then I was a teacher. Now I’m just a… well, a citizen, I guess. A teacher. One day I’m dozing through a meeting of the English Composition … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, History, Humor, Interviews and Lectures, The Military Art, Transcripts
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The Solitude of Combat Veterans – Alan Farrell
Ladies and Gentlemens: Kurt Vonnegut — Corporal Vonnegut — famously told an assembly like this one that his wife had begged him to “bring light into their tunnels” that night. “Can’t do that,” said Vonnegut, since, according to him, the … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Prose
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The Solitude of Combat Veterans – Alan Farrell
"Ladies and Gentlemens: Kurt Vonnegut — Corporal Vonnegut — famously told an assembly like this one that his wife had begged him to "bring light into their tunnels" that night. "Can't do that," said Vonnegut, since, according to him, the … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Poetry
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“The Major Won the Croix de Guerre” Alan Farrell
In Memorial Day weekend and in honor of MACVSOG I have decided to put up Alan Farrell's story as titled above. It is one of my favorites. The unit involved was really a "hatchet company" of MACVSOG. pl Download The … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Humor, Prose
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More Alan Farrell …
"Ladies and Gentlemens: Thanks for having me here to honor those who've served. I was a soldier. Then I was a teacher. Now I'm just a… well, a citizen, I guess. A teacher. One day I'm dozing through a … Continue reading
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“American Hustle” a Review by Alan Farrell
Directed by: David Russell (who also did The Fighter, dispiriting flick about one of Nature’s lesser creatures who manages at length—great length—to stand on his hind legs and beard his tormentors; then Silver Linings Playbook, dispiriting flick about one of … Continue reading
Posted in Farrell, Film
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