Patrick – Page 79 – They're Just Words

Posted on November 21, 2017November 15, 2017 by Patrick

Don’t Tell Me About Mutually-Assured Destruction

In the late 1950s, U.S. Strategic Air Command had a policy of Mutually Assured Destruction. Meaning they had planes regularly circling the earth with thermonuclear bombs. The theory being that if Russia attacked America, we would already be airborne to strike back with our own nukes, thereby destroying both sides. I think there’s a lot of stuff the government knows, that the government is doing that they’re not telling me about … and I’m okay with that.

Posted on November 19, 2017November 13, 2017 by Patrick

One Shell Of A Guy That Gunther

I stumbled across this guy the other day. I had nothing to do with his demise. Even though he was probably a bit more animated in his day, I still found him to be a wonder. His name is Gunther, he’s Galápagos tortoise and he lives (kinda) at the Natural History Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

Posted on November 18, 2017November 9, 2017 by Patrick

They Stole The Little Kid’s Lunch

I made 6,120 school lunches. That’s a real number, adjusted for inflation and school holidays. It wasn’t hard, there’s a basic winning formula. School can stress the little bastards out so I always figured, if nothing else, my kids should be able to look into their lunch sacks and find something that would put a smile on their face and help them momentarily forget about that bitch of a principal Misses Fartknocker. School-aged kids used to be able to count on two things: recess and lunch, well, not so much anymore.