War & Peace on Mobile Bay: Springtime for Warships

#USSMontgomery (#LCS 8) underway for builder’s trials @MadeinAL #MobileAL pic.twitter.com/231cl3HvvO — Austal USA (@Austal_USA) March 3, 2016 Mobile, Alabama. Pronunciation: MOH-BEAL I found the above photo posted March 3rd on Twitter under #MobileAL, and thought it striking. Uniquely illustrative of the America few actually see. The image of tranquil Mobile Bay, relatively sleepy downtown Mobile, … Continue reading “War & Peace on Mobile Bay: Springtime for Warships”

The ADAPT Ice Bucket Challenge: An #IceBucketChallenge for Community Inclusion! /memeHijack

My Mom Taught Me – Subvert The Dominant Paradigm remember to turn the subtitles on. [my shirt says: FREE OUR PEOPLE  BIG APPLE ADAPT] When Alejandra mentioned to me that even Raul, like me one of two brothers with an uber rare muscle mitochondrial thing, on a ventilator full time and an awesome advocate too, went ahead … Continue reading “The ADAPT Ice Bucket Challenge: An #IceBucketChallenge for Community Inclusion! /memeHijack”

Tech guy on House Committee Hearing on Healthcare.gov: “it’s like watching my 1-year-old argue with my cat”

Two Deeper Issues to Consider So, I’m a little behind the curve on this one, as it happened in the late morning of October 24th and has been blogged and tumbl’d and tweeted about a bajillion times and now is a week old and largely forgotten… but that’s all right, since my blogging is all … Continue reading “Tech guy on House Committee Hearing on Healthcare.gov: “it’s like watching my 1-year-old argue with my cat””

Follow me on Twitter

For those of you who use Twitter, you can see my near-daily notes at http://twitter.com/nickdupree For those of you who have no idea what Twitter is, it is a social networking site where you can “micro-blog,” i.e. send updates to your friends in 140 characters or less. For more, see the Twitter Frequently Asked Questions. … Continue reading “Follow me on Twitter”