Appeals to Google notwithstanding, today we pause to remember those who have served before us. Some of us were fortunate to serve in times of near peace, but others have not. To those who have given of themselves to secure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for the rest of the country, I salute you.
For those of you still giving, a toast that you may have many Veteran's Days to come.
While FODwalking, we find out that:
Because of the military discounts, Bonaventure Discount Golf in Augusta and Gordon Lakes Golf Course on Fort Gordon no longer receive Ping products...Karsten Manufacturing Corp. of Phoenix, Ariz., which has a registered trademark on the Ping brand, discontinued its Bonaventure and Gordon Lakes accounts in August.In a letter to the shops, Ping said Bonaventure and Gordon Lakes discounted Ping clubs below Ping's "Improved Fitting, Internet Transactions and Price Policy."
So basically, Ping is saying, "No discounts for anyone, anywhere, no matter what." Except I really wonder if they enforce it everywhere, or just on shops that support the troops.
(hat tip: Blackfive)
Now we know the man behind Google's designs of the day:
Dennis Hwang may be the most famous unknown artist in the world -- his work doesn't hang in galleries or museums, but hundreds of millions of people have seen it.The 28-year-old webmaster designs the whimsical logos that decorate Google.com's otherwise Spartan Web site on special occasions.
You can learn more about him on Wikipedia, at Logoogle, or the Korea Herald. At Google's Blog, he invites us to Submit a request to webmaster for doodles we'd like to see. Historically, Google does not change out their logo for Memorial Day or Veteran's Day.
Time to speak up, folks.
A few sites that have noted this in the past follow
by bringing them home.
It seems like I hear that mantra every time I turn around. But, given that it's been almost 5 years since September 11th, and three years since we went to Iraq; that we have an all-volunteer military with great recruiting and retention numbers, I can assert that our military chooses to be there.
So shouldn't we honor that choice?
If not, does that mean we should support our homosexual relatives by taking them to a re-education center and turning them straight? That we should support women who choose abortion by not allowing them one?
Rest in Peace, PFCs Menchaca and Tucker, and SPC Babineau.
