Category Archives: VR&E

ILP– SILVER QUEEN IN 100 DAYS

Posted on August 19, 2015 by asknod

Every year in late summer, Cupcake and I eagerly await the birth of a new corn crop. As some of you know, Leigh Birch, one of our latest VA Lotto winners sends me the magic seeds to plant. With our unusually … Continue reading →

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ILP– HI YO SILVER QUEEN AWAY

Posted on June 3, 2015 by asknod

Nothing is more fun than getting tomatoes and corn in the ground. Well, except for all the other flavors of fruit and vegetables. It behooves me to be able, now, to prove to the VR&E hierarchy that I can operate … Continue reading →

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ILP Work notes

Posted on May 27, 2015 by asknod

This is a temporary post for those listening to the Hadit.com Independent Living Program broadcast this morning at 0700 Local Left Coast Time or 1000 hrs on Congressional Wasting Time (EDT). Here are links you may find helpful: https://asknod.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/ilp-nod-on-greenhouse/ The … Continue reading →

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HADIT.COM OPEN MIC ON VR&E’S IL PROGRAM

Posted on May 26, 2015 by asknod

I love going over to talk at John Basser’s and Jerrell Cook’s Hadit.com Talk Radio show. It’s also a bit of a rude awakening to have to get up at the crack of 5 to go feed the animals and … Continue reading →

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ILP–10 DAYS IN MAY

Posted on May 17, 2015 by asknod

The most glorious moment until the first tomatoes come in late in July has to be the annual attempt at ILP humor when I attempt to grow corn starts. Everything has to be evicted except for the actual tomatoes I … Continue reading →

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BOY TOYS–NEW MINI COOPER

Posted on May 11, 2015 by asknod

You know how men Vets are with their cars, guns and toys. I suppose the most enviable would be a high-calibre, magnum 4-wheel drive if there were such a fabled tank. For all the rest of us old cowboys, there can be no … Continue reading →

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MAY 7TH, 2015-IT’S JUST A SPRING CLEAN FOR THE MAY QUEEN

Posted on May 9, 2015 by asknod

Actually, it’s the Silver Queen of Leigh Burch fame. The 7th is an auspicious day to plant corn according to the almanac. The fact that it was 74 degrees outside the greenhouse was another consideration. Living where we do, if … Continue reading →

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BVA–TRAVEL BOARD HEARINGS

Posted on April 25, 2015 by asknod

I see much written both here and over at HADIT.com about BVA hearings. For the majority of you, in the interests of getting rated as soon as possible, waiting for a Travel Board hearing face-to-face with a Veterans Law Judge … Continue reading →

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ILP–MR. BOYD, WON’T YOU GRANT ME MY I-L-P

Posted on January 19, 2015 by asknod

I must make amends to Janis when (and if) I ever get to Heaven. As some know, a big part of my Writ is to provoke what the Veterans Rehabilitation and Education arm of VA has been avoiding for three and a half … Continue reading →

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ILP–IT’S ANOTHER TEQUILA SUNRISE

Posted on November 26, 2014 by asknod

Another Thanksgiving living in a one-room non-ADA 4X8 greenhouse while some fine fellow or gal in charge of VA’s VR&E is getting bonuses for denying us. Brother Mac on the East Coast is starting to feel the chill showing up … Continue reading →