Chuck's Chatter

A collection of short comments, rants, complaints, tributes, or whatever. This won't replace my existing Web essays. IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT ON ANY ENTRY, YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR REAL FIRST AND LAST NAME - NO ANONYMOUS OR FIRST-NAME ONLY COMMENTS, OR THOSE USING A PSEUDONYM WILL BE POSTED!

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Leslie R. Lemon - friend and colleague - has died

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Les giving a presentation in 2009. I first met Les Lemon (as I recall) when I began working part-time at the National Severe Storms La...
Monday, November 11, 2019

"Thank you for your service" - 3rd installment

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A gloomy, cold, rainy dawn on Veteran's Day in Jokelahoma. I've already written two blogs on "thank you for your service...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

"Thank you for your service" - revisited

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After some discussions with two of my close friends, I feel the need to expound a bit more on the touchy topic of people thanking me for my ...
Thursday, August 15, 2019

A tribute to Fred Goodwin, Jr.

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Yesterday morning (14 Aug 2019), I lost another friend:  Fred Goodwin, Jr.  My sincere condolences to his family and his friends (of which t...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

A tribute to a very special friend - Joel Price

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Anyone observant of my posts on Facebook will recognize the name of someone whose shared thoughts here were so very much in sync with m...
Sunday, July 7, 2019

Thoughts on American Patriotism

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A friend and colleague has challenged me to write up something about patriotism.  My usual starting point for this sort of musing is the def...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

A tribute to Matt Biddle, my friend and colleague

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  Matt with his daughter, Faith, on the occasion of a visit to our home My friend Matt Biddle died last evening (10 April 2018 - the...
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Chuck Doswell
Norman, OK, United States
I'm an opinionated person whose career has been focused mostly on severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. I don't like to be pigeonholed by category and believe that my collective views on various subjects can't be described in simple terms. You might find some or most of what I have to say about things to be aggravating, or even infuriating. I have no problem with that - so long as we stay away from ad hominem attacks, we can use this blog to argue. I refuse to continue arguments that devolve into personal insults - that will end my participation. My mind can be changed about many things, but I won't do so just to please you and I hope you'll not do so to please me. I learn from disagreements and don't respond well to sycophants attempting to curry my favor with flattery.
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