Archive for January, 2006

Day 2

January 16, 2006

Paul and the others are now enroute to Germany – expected to land at 1400hrs MST. It’s a fairly long trip, and no doubt not much fun in a military transport. Audra was on more media early this morning – and while I applaud her strength – I know how much she is hurting. Good [...]

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The Papers

January 16, 2006

Still no news – though Paul should be landing at Ramstein sometime in the next few hours – if he isn’t wheels down already. This Edmonton Journal Article does a pretty good job of talking about our experience yesterday – waiting for news, though again – no news is good news. Will be heading over [...]

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Time for bed…

January 15, 2006

No news is good new I suppose… We just caught the CTV and Global news stories on Paul and the Guys after getting home. It all starts again at 3:30 am – as Paul should be wheels down at Ramstein and enroute to the Landstuhl medical centre by 4:15 am Edmonton time. Darren – good [...]

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A phone call from Ottawa

January 15, 2006

Just got off the phone with Audra. She had just gotten off the phone with the Prime Minister, Paul Martin – who called to express his respect, and best wishes. Good on ya Mr. Martin… Good on ya. See the CBC video shot earlier this afternoon here www.cbc.ca/clips/… My wife did a good job of [...]

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Rough day indeed

January 15, 2006

We’ve been around the Franklins most of the day now… Lots of media, friends and family about. It’s a tough time for everyone – of course Paul is such a smartass he’s got his sense of humour about him. We’be had little more information – but he’ll be arriving in Rammstein late tonight (0400 LOCAL [...]

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Terrible News

January 15, 2006

Just got word that my buddy Paul was seriously injured in a Suicide bombing (Jihad Jeep) in Kandahar. We’re heading to his wife’s place now… I have no real right to be but I’m pretty pissed off… The guy was comin home in 3 weeks… Now – while he get’s to do it early -and- [...]

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I suck.

January 4, 2006

Wow. I suck. I thought I had this whole ‘blogging’ thing down. Guess not. Christmas came and went – and new years. And I didn’t post a thing… Bad Geek. Bad!

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