Howdy! I use my old radio callsign, 2Hotel9, mainly because it is easy to remember. And to give a small tribute to a friend. He would have loved the internet, he was fascinated with computers. I considered posting a lengthy diatribe about one subject or another, but to be perfectly honest I am a bit burned out with all the current "cause celeb" of this particular moment. Thought I might just blather on aimlessly, but hell, plenty of people already do that all over the blogsphere as it is!

So, down to bidness, as they are wont to say in my old home ground. The happy circumstance of Easter falling on this weekend, and of the 26th also falling on this weekend. Wifey and Boy and I are loading out for a quick trip to DC, them to visit her sister and the nieces, me to tend a grave. Some years I have to make this trip solo, some years we make an entire weekend of it, visit family, go to the Smithsonian and National Zoo. Often I make it as a 12 hour run, there and back again. Those are the hard ones, too much time alone on the road. Memories and names that too few people remember running a circuit that always leads to melancholy and regret. Oh,well, not this year. Weather will suck, but the Honor Guard can do their duty, I can stand a couple of hours in the rain. It is the very least I owe.

So take some time this weekend and remember the fallen. 26 March is my time, look at your family history and find your time, remember them on that last day they knew. If your family is like mine you have a whole string of days covering lots of years. They are only dead when they are forgotten. And hey, y'all! Happy Easter! The last thing a troop would want is a bunch of folks standing around crying. Do something they would have enjoyed. Later on, gang.