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They *might* tone it back a bit for TV, and #NBC probably will even more, but the orange hobgoblin in Washington is going to be rage-posting. A lot.

Green Day played an invitation only concert in SF yesterday (lots of video online) and if in any way it was a warmup for their #SuperBowl performance this afternoon, I'm all here for it.

Anonymous messages! Anonymous messages!

It's Saturday morning, what would you like to tell or ask me?

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One day I'll get back up to #Ottawa to skate on the #RideauCanal.

Clearing up now.

Terrible rain here...

The #snow finally came! Last Saturday night at midnight here in #NorthCarolina. 18F/-8C, windchill 5F/-15C. Couldn't feel my toes, but worth it. Feels like home.

Phone in my hand because I was using it to trip the shutter - nobody else would come outside.

The snow finally came! Midnight and 18F/-8C, windchill 5F/-15C here in North Carolina. Couldn't feel my toes, but worth it. Feels like home.

Phone in my hand because I was using it to trip the shutter - nobody else would come outside.

Before a #storm, #WashingtonDC pretreats their roads with a hot mix of #brine and #beetjuice.

I think that "Hot Mix of Brine and Beet Juice" will either be the title of my #autobiography, or an exciting new #cocktail that I shall invent.

Once the flightcrews realized I was a crew chief, I think I ended up preflighting every Viper on the ramp - including this very first one.

On this date in 1979, the very first operational F-16, 78-0001, was delivered to the 388th TFW at Hill AFB.

I got this shot of 001 on arrival at the 1988 London International Airshow while on leave from MacDill.

I support #Greenland and #Denmark.

My shot, taken from Icelandair's TF-ICE in July of 2022.

Well....

Members of Congress and their designated staff obtain health insurance coverage through the DC Health Link, which is the small business health options program (SHOP) marketplace established by the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

They have Obamacare, and you can buy the same plan.

He was unsuccessful long before the indictment?

"An (old) penny for your thoughts."

I like collecting old (cheap) things, they're like holding history in my hand.

#penny #coin #greatbritain #UK #history

I mean, who *hasn't* ridden a moose through the snow while holding a beaver drinking coffee (or maybe hot chocolate)?

#winter #snow #Canada #moose #beaver #ai #northernattitude #noahkahan #winterwonderland #dreaming #dontattemptthisathome

Happy Birthday to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan-native Emily Clark of the @thepwhl.com Ottawa @pwhlcharge.bsky.social Charge and @hockeycanada.bsky.social - Olympic Gold and Silver medal winner!

And yup, that's my jersey. ⚡️

I like to clean my desk before I go on vacation (not going to lie, it's pretty much the only time I do....) So you know what this means, it's Friday and 3:30, and I'm on vacation until December 1st! First full week off this year (but not the last.)

Love it! Here's one of mine from the weekend.

A Cedar Waxwing at Wake County's Historic Yates Mill Pond Park here in North Carolina.

#bird #birds ##birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #NorthCarolina

Remembrance Day is a Canadian holiday, but I think every day is a good day to remember those we lost.

The soldier that lies here could be American, he could be Canadian, British, French or First Nation - all fought where he lies. Who he was is less important than the fact that we honor him today.

Here's my Veterans Day profile photo, right around Christmastime of 1990, in Doha Qatar and only a few weeks before the start of the Gulf War.

I'm sitting on the wing of F-16C 87-0228. Sadly, 228 only had a few weeks left as well - shot down by an Iraqi SAM over Baghdad on 19 Jan 1991.

I'm completely opposite, every one of his movies I've seen has been magic. One of the greatest cinematic storytellers of our time.

36 years ago tonight, the world changed. As an American then serving in Europe, I'll never forget that night.

Sometimes it seems like yesterday I walked into the pub near Madrid on a November evening in 1989 and asked, "What's that going on on TV?"

Everyone just pointed and said, "Berlin".

This week we were discussing the fact that poppies have mostly disappeared here in the US, I hadn't seen one in at least 20 years. Well, today, going into the grocery, the VFW was distributing Buddy Poppies. Here's mine, along with a Royal Canadian Legion poppy, and an Indigenous Veteran poppy.

While poppies being a symbol of remembrance was inspired by #Canadian Army surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae and his poem "In Flanders Fields" in 1915, the actual practice of wearing poppies began in the United States with Moina Michael just after WWI.

#poppy

These photos, well, they're mine, from a cold winter's day after my Dad passed away.

I may not be Canadian, but I remember. Je me souviens.

🍁

Unfortunately, again this year I won't be able to get up to Ottawa for Remembrance Day next Tuesday. I really need to one of these years, it's been far too long since my Dad and I used to go up for the ceremony. 🍁

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Today is a good day to remember. Next Tuesday on the 11th? Even better.

That's beautiful!