We note with bemused interest the fact that we have crossed the "1,000 spam comments blocked" threshold – the last 500 of which appear to have been passed our way during the course of the Valour-IT competition. Hmmm… 
Oh, and standby – Flightdeck Friday will be up today and we promise it will be worth the wait, even if it is for a *cough* non-tailhooker *cough*…
“So when all else fails, when all the negotiations have broken down, when there is a missile in the air, you have to have the ability to destroy it. Because the only other ability you would have is to apologize to the relatives of those who died.” — —
…where the Scribe channels one notable childhood camping experience of his own: and it wasn’t cold ravioli – it was cold spaghetti-O’s…
VAJoe has a contest running for military-oriented charities with several generous prizes (including a Grand Prize of $1K) set aside for the winning charity. Sixty-six organizations are represented, from the 9/11 Help America Foundation to the Wounded Warriror Project – and if you don’t see one you think should be there, you can nominate one. …
You need to install an update to Bad Behavior right away (go here) if you’ve been having trouble posting (like moi). I’ll let this suffice for my rant.
OK Gang — looks like Team Army finally had the reserve forces join tem and have taken the lead by over $9K. Time to man up, pony up and take the lead back. Remember, its all fr a good cause and every little bit helps. – SJS 25 Nov 1961: The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft…
