Blogging Again

April 8, 2009 — pittsburghflashfictiongazette

I’m blogging again.  I’m going to try and post something every day. 

I’m in Oakland in Pittsburgh in Hemingway’s drinking with students from the University of Pittsburgh.  Blue Moon Beer is the big draft special for $1.50 for the day.  A soccer game is on three of the TVs and golf is on the fourth one.

I just came from the main branch of The Carnegie Library were I renewed my library card, picked up a tax form and checked out the tape of the movie Quo Vadis.

Now that I’ve taken early social security I may as well take advantage of everything that I’m entitled to.

America, is this a great nation or what.

Posted in Life In Pittsburgh. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment »

Three Police Officers Down (The Public Viewing)

April 8, 2009 — pittsburghflashfictiongazette

No, I won’t be going to the public viewing.  It’ll be held today downtown at the City County Building and tomorrow on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at the Petersen Events Center.  Do you know I’ve never been to a funeral?  When my father died my mother had his body cremated according to his wishes so there was no funeral.  The one guy killed in my unit in Vietnam while I was there burned up in a helicopter crash. 

It was the Chinook that came in right after the one I was in landed.  His Chinook was hit by gunfire.  We got everybody out but him.  There was nothing left of him but ashes.

It’s a windy, partly sunny day in Pittsburgh.  I’m going out now.  The three police officers were killed on the weekend. 

I won’t be going to the viewing.

Posted in Life In Pittsburgh. Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a Comment »
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 840 other followers