tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107903462024-03-12T17:36:49.258-07:00The world as we see it.A place to view and post comments about life and the world as we see it. Random... sometimes pointless...
This blog is a family blog designed to share several different points of views of the world, events, happenings and life in general in the world as we see it.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-53279479730105011082018-05-30T14:32:00.001-07:002018-05-30T15:08:27.459-07:00Another FI-210 ClassAnd yet another FI-210 Wildland Fire Basic Origin and Cause Investigation course is in the books. It's my final one.
It was a great group of folks who showed for the training. Our burn window to put in the plots couldn't have been better and those "burning" folks all did a great job getting the plots ready for the class.
The class itself went very well. We only had one fellow who had to leave Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-25169333100896114622017-12-23T12:08:00.000-08:002017-12-23T12:51:10.305-08:00'Tis The SeasonAgain.
Everyone, enjoy your families and friends. We'll be enjoying ours here in our household, by phone and via the internet. Merry Christmas and have a safe and happy New Year. Loving the changes being made, loving the retirement and loving the family, friends and our wonderful natural beauty out here in this great Pacific Northwest. Hardly a week goes by where I don't spend hours wandering Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-79868496124858579032017-06-13T17:42:00.000-07:002017-09-19T18:36:34.116-07:00I'm back on the blog. I just thought I'd be posting back on this blog. I've been posting elsewhere but wanted to dust this one off again for craps and giggles. The other one's a bit too "political" I guess. Facebook didn't like me, twice.
So, I thought I'd come back here and throw some pictures up that I took when I was sitting in my old office.
Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-81272015358389070082016-02-07T13:50:00.000-08:002016-02-07T14:41:33.767-08:00Found it! The blog... Life.It's been awhile since I've been on here. Well over a year. I'm retired now. I've been retired since 10/2014. All's going as well as can be.
For some reason I thought this blog was removed. Today, while culling out old emails I came across one that was sent to my main account from another email account I had way back in the late 90's early 2000's. Miraculously I remembered my password to the Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-73895459448167208282014-10-01T10:28:00.000-07:002014-10-01T10:30:25.667-07:00RETIRED! Kinda...
I thought I'd dust this place off a bit being as I have some idle time to spend.
For those two or three of you who happen to know me and stumble across this blog... well, I'm retired after roughly 42 yrs. of public service, 39 of it in the "Law Enforcement/Puzzle Solving" industry. I retired at 0001 hrs. today, the first day of October, 2014. It's an odd, bittersweet feeling.
Being Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-20758908397840694512014-03-14T16:11:00.001-07:002014-06-07T12:18:59.519-07:00The passing of William E. Komula, Jr. 59 Yrs. old.
William (Billy) E. Komula, Jr., 59 died in a tragic auto accident on Monday night, March 10, 2014. He was a passenger in a 1994 Jeep Cherokee driven by Ryan Christopher Cughan, 36 yrs. old Lacey, Washington. Bill is survived by two sons (William and Andrew), a daughter in law (Georgina), one granddaughter (Lilly), two brothers (Mike and Steve), two sisters (Karol and Jackie), numerous Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-36863698137047454332012-08-05T09:50:00.000-07:002012-08-05T09:58:05.761-07:00It's been awhile...It's been awhile since I've posted to this blog other than copy/pastes.
I thought I'd just drop a line and toss around some thoughts I have regarding life in general.
I'm still out there plugging along in the "puzzle solving" industry but there's definitely a different tone in the immediate workplace. I'm not complaining, just saying...what good would it do to complain anyways. Besides, I lookDennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-51528513000569243102012-03-03T10:48:00.004-08:002012-03-03T10:56:56.320-08:00Charlie Reese's 545 people columnCharlie Reeseās Last Column in the Orlando Sentinel!He has been a journalist for 49 years. He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN. Be sure to read the poem and the Tax List at the end. This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be. The article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or democrat. Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, has hit the Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-42949600209002196522010-10-27T13:34:00.000-07:002010-10-27T13:40:48.104-07:00Picked this up from an email...I'm not sure who the author is...To Those of Us Born1925 - 1970 :TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, '40's, '50's, '60's and '70's!!First, we survived being born to mothers who may have smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then, after that trauma we were put to sleep on our tummies in Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-68485953986626285942010-06-20T10:45:00.001-07:002010-06-20T10:46:30.208-07:00Hey Dad!!!Happy Father's Day and thanks for all you did for us when you walked this earth. You'll always be remembered and loved.I'll catch up with you again one of these days.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-91928475385294478692010-03-14T09:39:00.000-07:002010-07-25T13:11:59.699-07:00just thinking and looking... (About the pic: This picture was taken by our son's mother in law of our son, me and Dad down along the South Sound in the Beach Crest area probably in 2006 or 2007. We don't have the original photo. This is a picture of that picture. Too bad. I'd love to have had the original.)I was just thinking and looking and wondering about things the other day. Out and about running around trying to catch Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-39018205340952464412010-03-04T16:21:00.000-08:002010-03-04T16:35:02.676-08:00ain't this so true!I got this sent to me via email. It's supposed to be a copy of an actual letter that was sent by a frustrated U.S. citizen to the federal government. I have no idea who actually authored the letter but was told it's relating to his application for a passport. I read it over, got a good laugh and then thought to myself "isn't this a pretty sad situation if it is real." I have no reason to believe Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-28676419204136823582009-07-05T08:59:00.000-07:002010-03-14T10:47:58.151-07:00what are you looking for anyway?(About the pic: Wildland fire investigators searching for clues to the fire's cause. Putting the puzzle together. May 10, 2009. Washington State)The draw of the puzzle! The thrill of the search!Information! Where to go, how to look for it, how to find it! What do you do with it once you've found it?Why are you searching for it in the first place?There's so many unanswered questions. Just looking Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-16249188876061868142009-07-04T10:06:00.000-07:002009-07-04T10:14:46.393-07:00It's Independence Day!!!Stay safe, sane and enjoy your freedoms!Have fun today everyone. Spend the day with your family, friends, neighbors and watch over your pets... they tend to get nervous with all of the noise and all.Whatever you do don't get squirrely out there! Enjoy the day!Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-35689826316232132842009-05-02T09:08:00.000-07:002009-05-02T10:42:41.934-07:00A trip East...(About the pic: The Belt Mountains and the Missouri River between Cascade, MT and Great Falls. East of I-15. April 26, 2009. DEH)... to Montana. To drop some personal effects of Dad's off to two of my brothers, to "clear the air" so to speak on some things, to find time to think, to think, to regroup....to try to get new, fresh, crisp views of what lies ahead in the future... good, bad and Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-13761709527922698612009-04-11T07:56:00.000-07:002009-04-11T08:00:52.467-07:00HAPPY EASTER!!!Happy Easter Everyone!from us and ours to you and yours.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-60186320707985163242009-01-04T15:42:00.000-08:002009-01-04T16:17:31.632-08:00Loyal Friends...Well, my brother Dan and sister in law Carol went out the other day and got themselves a fantastic little addition to their family. The pup's a beauty. A bit of lab and a bit of, well.... either way, she's already latched onto Dan and Carol like there's no tomorrow. I got some pics in an email today from them that evidently were taken while they took a little trip with her out on Ft. Lewis, Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-25934489217583850812008-05-28T16:53:00.000-07:002008-05-28T17:00:32.092-07:00Hurt you?...... They cantTry to?.... I dare themLuv you?...... I doBe you?......They want toEnvy you?..... They shouldDefend you?......I wouldUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-49284454416759588972008-04-05T08:54:00.000-07:002008-04-05T10:22:22.003-07:00The time has passed...There are times when you have to take a step back in life and take one of those deep breaths.To clear your mind, to remember things "back when".Remember before the memories fade forever.I was bumping along at work the other day and got a hankering to wander out to a little cattail, lillypad filled lake Dad and Mom used to take us boys to back in the late 1950's and 1960's. It was in the middle ofDennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-17854122874417755862008-04-04T07:23:00.000-07:002008-04-04T07:51:43.321-07:00Points to ponder...Life's Rules... Think about them! 1. There are two sides to every divorce: Yours and S___head's. 2. The closest I ever got to a 4.0 in college was my blood alcohol content. 3. I live in my own little world but it's OK, everyone knows me here. 4. I saw a rather large woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it. I said, 'thyroid problem?' 5. I don't do drugs 'cause I find I get the same effect Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-88047601810715784272008-03-14T19:46:00.000-07:002008-03-14T20:15:26.823-07:00Let There Be Twins!!!We have twin grandsons!Our Daughter In Law went on on March 05, 2008 to give birth to twins and she did! Brett and Blake. Our new grandsons. TWINS!!!Yea!Brett has a little cleft on his chin that's just like Grandpa's so I can tell which one is which. They're really not identical but they are kind of identical. Officially they're fraternal twins. You know... not identical but born as twins. They Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-26625003443211671632008-02-27T16:17:00.000-08:002008-02-27T18:37:04.609-08:00A day at the "estate"...The other day I took a walk down a recreation trail that belongs to the company to see if there was anything "wrong" with it... windfall, erosion, etc. We've been having some pretty rugged weather in these parts this winter. Restaurants, homes and roads destroyed by mudslides, floods closing the interstate highway for several days, scores of thousands of trees blown down......all kinds of naturalDennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-12804251744392425252007-12-25T13:18:00.001-08:002007-12-25T13:24:03.352-08:00Merry Christmas everyone!!! Merry Christmas everyone!Have a safe, sane and happy New Year!We'll be staying in touch.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-11950637381505526382007-12-20T15:19:00.000-08:002007-12-20T15:32:49.957-08:00Life moves forward from here...An interesting test...Now, I'm not a Dungeon and Dragon player though I admit the game's always intrigued me a bit...Anyways, someone sent me a link to a quiz on a Dungeon and Dragon website. I caved and took the quiz. In the end my answers were used to generate a Dungeon and Dragon character.Here's the results:I Am A: Lawful Good Dwarf Ranger (7th Level)Ability Scores:Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10790346.post-58702237290731849582007-12-01T15:51:00.001-08:002007-12-01T15:55:42.168-08:00not up to it lately...I'm just not up to posting anything on here lately. I guess I'm still trying to get some things behind me. I'm writing this just so everyone knows we're still here. Just not quite ready to post things yet.We're still out here though. One day at a time, eh?Take care.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15354892836696464802noreply@blogger.com2