The Gadfly On The Bar Wall
I'll Drink To That: Here's a photo of cousin Patrick McCarville, for more than three decades now the chief bottle-cap twister for the Irish Whiskey Information Bureau in Australia. Patrick, an actor (you've seen him in films), left Dublin in the 1960s for Vietnam and discovered Australia while on military leave. He's been there since. Cheers!
His Dad Needed A Drink: Comes word via the Family McCarville website that (distant) cousin Marshall Clark, Army sergeant, mentioned in a previous column, has been wounded in an ambush in Afghanistan. A sniper's bullet hit a piece of equipment he was wearing and traversed the skin on his chest, exiting into an arm. The round was so hot it cauterized the wound and his recovery has been rapid. He says he wants to get back to hunting hostiles in the mountains ASAP. His Dad, meanwhile, relates he exhaled and had a drink after learning Marshall was on the mend.
I Had A Drink: Grandson Colby called from Somewhere In Iraq earlier this week, our first direct contact since he arrived in the desert in January. Colby marked his 21st birthday last month while working an 18-hour day, doing what and where he won't say ("Loose Lips Sink Ships"). Colby, a Navy Seabee, reports he received a package from the great folks at The Hugs Project here in Oklahoma City and shared with his mates. I did not sniffle while talking to Colby; I did pour myself a stiff drink after we rang off.
Tap A Keg: If you can find a Wi-Fi bar, have a cool one and check out these new members of the Oklahoma political blogosphere. Fourth District Democrat, Political Treats and The Red Dirt Political Report. This last one is the product of Norman Transcript political reporter Scott Carter.
On The Rocks? Speculation about new Oklahoma Democratic Party Chairman Ivan Holmes and whether he'll take the party crashing onto the rocks or soaring into the clouds flowed freely this week on blogs, including OK Democrat and OK GOP Chat. Folks who post on the Democrat blog love beating up on each other and, obscene language aside, the comments sometimes are entertaining. Warning: "R" rating.
His Dad Needed A Drink: Comes word via the Family McCarville website that (distant) cousin Marshall Clark, Army sergeant, mentioned in a previous column, has been wounded in an ambush in Afghanistan. A sniper's bullet hit a piece of equipment he was wearing and traversed the skin on his chest, exiting into an arm. The round was so hot it cauterized the wound and his recovery has been rapid. He says he wants to get back to hunting hostiles in the mountains ASAP. His Dad, meanwhile, relates he exhaled and had a drink after learning Marshall was on the mend.
I Had A Drink: Grandson Colby called from Somewhere In Iraq earlier this week, our first direct contact since he arrived in the desert in January. Colby marked his 21st birthday last month while working an 18-hour day, doing what and where he won't say ("Loose Lips Sink Ships"). Colby, a Navy Seabee, reports he received a package from the great folks at The Hugs Project here in Oklahoma City and shared with his mates. I did not sniffle while talking to Colby; I did pour myself a stiff drink after we rang off.
Tap A Keg: If you can find a Wi-Fi bar, have a cool one and check out these new members of the Oklahoma political blogosphere. Fourth District Democrat, Political Treats and The Red Dirt Political Report. This last one is the product of Norman Transcript political reporter Scott Carter.
On The Rocks? Speculation about new Oklahoma Democratic Party Chairman Ivan Holmes and whether he'll take the party crashing onto the rocks or soaring into the clouds flowed freely this week on blogs, including OK Democrat and OK GOP Chat. Folks who post on the Democrat blog love beating up on each other and, obscene language aside, the comments sometimes are entertaining. Warning: "R" rating.
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