Free Palestine, Save Candace, and Leave Venezuela Alone!!!

Almost two years ago, I went to my cousin's Christmas Eve party, where I met her stepdaughter's husband. Nice kid. He wasn't and isn't a kid, of course-he is in his late twenties or thirties, but to my fifty something mind, he is a kid. He comes from New Orleans, and he stood out a … Continue reading Free Palestine, Save Candace, and Leave Venezuela Alone!!!

By Request: All in a Day’s Work with Simon Templar and Friends

Greetings to the Netizens of ST’s Unwoked & Unvaxxed! In our prior exploration of the story of ST, we met him and several of his international colleagues in the atmosphere of some well-earned recreation after a series of annual/semi-annual, coordinated drug-interdiction exercises [“Exercise Fuerzas Unidas-Contradrogas Riberena”] with partner nations all up and down the “spine” of the … Continue reading By Request: All in a Day’s Work with Simon Templar and Friends

By Request: Introducing “Simon Templar!”

Greetings ST, and All the UnWoked/UnVaxxed! His Graciously UnleashWokedness/UnVaxxness has asked yours truly to reflect once again on his transformation from an “international man of mystery” (IMOM) to an instantly recognizable man of action/raconteur known as: “Simon Templar”. Therewith comes a tale. Let me say at the outset that simplicity suits the truth best. A … Continue reading By Request: Introducing “Simon Templar!”

Sanctuary! Laws and Lore

I’ll bet when you glanced at my title, you thought of Victor Hugo’s hunchback, Quasimodo, standing in a portico of Notre dame de Paris, holding aloft the unconscious maiden he has just rescued from the gallows and bellowing, “SANCTUAREEEEE!”  It’s a thrilling cry that reverberates down the ages.  But it’s much older than Hugo’s 19th … Continue reading Sanctuary! Laws and Lore

Citation To Accompany The Award Of The Defense Meritorious Service Medal

Major S.x. Templar, United States Marine Corps, distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious service while serving as the Officer in Charge, Joint Planning and Assistance Team, Riverine Operations and Plans Section, United States Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Lima, Peru, from 28 November 1995 to 30 October 1998.  Major Templar played a critical role in executing … Continue reading Citation To Accompany The Award Of The Defense Meritorious Service Medal