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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2008 I visited Hawaii in 2005 and had the honor of visiting Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona.  Here is a collection of photos I took that day. Pearl Harbor USS Arizona The memorial was built in 1961 as a tribute to all the men and women who lost their lives...

On a flight from Ontario, CA to Las Vegas, NV last year, I was so disappointed that it was a gloomy, drizzly day.  I was so surprised when we broke through the clouds and I was able to captured this photo. Although it would have been much better on a bright day, the overcast higher clouds gave t...

I came across this video earlier this week.  It is just too funny not to share.  Personally, I don't like close quarters and mass transit is by far my least favorite means of transportation. I don't like people touching me when I'm traveling on buses or subways, so I usually try to avoid using t...

I got an email from an old pilot friend from back in the day. He was a helicopter pilot when we were the Army. One of my earlier jobs in the Army was Flight Coordinator.  I kept track of his flight records among other things.. We used to share strange stories over the years and he sent this to m...

This is the final of 3 videos I found dealing scarey train rides in Mumbai, India. I did find another interesting one from another part of the world that I will be posting later on this week.   Sadly enough, the events in the following video don't surprise me.  Who is to blame? Hopefully, this i...

Here is another train video for those of you who thought the first train was overcrowded.   This  video is by far the most insane thing I have seen in quite some time. Here in America we are so safety conscious, and I just can't help wonder how many law suits would be filed in this situation. Wi...

Reading the tragic events of the terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, I was a bit surprised to find that Mumbai was actually what was once known as Bombay, India.   I did a google and a reality check to find that the name was officially changed to its Marathi pronunciation of Mumbai in 1996.   Dur...

I recently asked my cousin to refrain herself from sending me x-rated email jokes.  She is 70 yrs old, and claims she can send whatever she wants, and I can pick and choose the ones I want to read.  So much for diplomacy.  I love her dearly, and she is a lot of fun to be around, so I just delete...

I was cleaning out some of my old mail from my msn mail account.  This particular email I received a couple years ago, and it made me laugh.  Sometimes, no matter how much cleaning you do to your mouse, it just needs a good calibration.  I thought I would try it out here in the Rain and see if i...

The other day I was having trouble getting my blogs to post.  Today I can't get my comments to go through. Guess it's time for me to take a vacation from the Rain.  I have very little patience these days, and I hate the feelings of withdrawal when the Rain doesn't work for me. So, until next week...