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GECKO YEARBOOK PREDICTIONS

Submitted by Kevin Wells (ACS)

How did the Gecko yearbook prediction work out for you? I was destined for Harvard to major in a science and become a scientist.

It did not happen. The closest I got was applying for Naval ROTC. That may have worked, but there was one tiny problem: The Brahmins at […]

SAIGON KIDS™ STORIES: SPRING BREAK FOLLIES

By Kevin Wells (ACS)

When you teach undergraduate students, you just have to be ready for just about anything. One of the annual events that generates that anything is spring break.

Although semi-nude spring break participants in warm climes like Mexico make the evening news on a regular basis, travel to other countries is not […]

Saigon Kids™ Stories: Marines In Hanoi

She, being the spouse of a Military Attaché, was looking forward to getting away from their duty station in Thailand to attend the Marine Ball, in Hanoi. […]

Saigon Kids™ Stories: Prickly Heat

Almost everyone remembers stepping off the air-conditioned aircraft at Saigon only to be smothered by what seems to be a heated wet towel. […]

The Great Pinball Machine Of Life

Ken Yeager asked “Why me?” in one of his notes, and then wrote about some of his postings with the State Department and how he arrived where he is now. Although he noted that he did not go to the right college (how many of us go to the University of Chicago, Haarvud, or Oxford?) If you did, fine, but life is what happens when you are making plans. […]