Wilton Model 9-600 vise restoration

A couple of years ago, I ended up in possession of a Wilton "Bullet" bench vise - a model 9-600.

More radioactive junk at my house

The previous post about radioactive junk is here:

Career Autobiography - Part 5: Early Submarine Years - Standing Watch

Part 4 is here:

When you first arrive on a submarine, you are pretty much useless - and your shipmates let you know about that right away.  When you first come aboard, you will be called a "NUB".  This is Navy slang for "Non-Useful Body".

This sweet little Christmas gift!

I've been meaning to mention this neat little item I got for Christmas that I really appreciate:

Quirky Music Video

There's something funny and cool about a guy in a powdered wig shredding on a distorted guitar...

January stuff

I'm posting this on the day after Groundhog Day.

Career Autobiography - Part 4: It's Not Easy Being a Submariner

Part 3 is Here

After almost exactly two years of technical training, I reported aboard the USS Barb for what would be the remainder of my active military duty - a four year-long sea tour.

 Below:  USS Barb departing from Pearl Harbor.

Christmas break

I worked quite a bit around Christmas this year.  When you are a shift worker, sometimes the football bounces that way.   I'm working on the next post, but it's been taking a fair bit of time to get finished.

Career Autobiography - Part 3: Inside the Nuclear Training Pipeline

Part 2 is Here

I survived boot camp, and then started the technical portion of Navy training.

Career Autobiography - Part 2: Preliminaries

Part 1 is here.

Ronald Reagan and I both started our respective federal government jobs on the same day.