Air Show09, originally uploaded by DVdaniels. I spent a lot of time at Republic Airport in Farmingdale over the Memorial Day weekend trying to capture as many pictures as I can of the military Jets performing at the Jones Beach Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show. The Jones Beach Air Show website hosts pictures from previous years shows from 2005 – 2009. The 2009 Show featured the Air Forces Thunderbird’s and the Canadian...

It’s Graduation Time and Memorial Day Weekend! The President speaks at the US Naval Academy Commencement in Annapolis, Maryland, and reminds us that our military is made up of hundreds of thousands of individual stories, each guided by a common set of values. He connects his admiration for the service of sailors and Marines to the values he espoused yesterday at the National Archives. May 22, 2009. (Public Domain) You already know...

I’ve been on twitter for some time now but as twitter has exploded in the last 6 months, so has the amount of my followers. I found a site today that claims I am #2 in  followers on twitter in my hometown of Farmingdale, Long Island, NY. Twitterholic.com I want the claim of being number 1 in my hometown! I’m so close… I have 483 followers as opposed to some local travel agency that has 762. What’s up with that!?!...

Nice speech by my favorite president for the team I hate the most! Yes, the Phillies do deserve it but I’m really torn here between my two loyalties, my country and the Mets. I expect MY favorite team to be honored by my favorite president next year. This is one of the few speeches I have heard that can both inspire me AND make me sick at the same time.  Pretty hard to do. I thought I would highlight it for all my Met fan friends...

Long Beach004, originally uploaded by DVdaniels. Mark this date as my first run of the year on the Boardwalk in Long Beach. It is exactly 2 weeks before the Boardwalk will be open for the season, the weather was nice for this time of the year and no crowds to be found. Won’t be that way for long. At 2.25 miles long, it’s an excellent starting point for a beginning runner like myself. More about Long Beach...