WED 11JUN25 - The Daily Poop - First Edition

After every NMA reunion, it always seems like an eternity will pass before we meet again. But eternity always passes quickly. Now, to my shock, I find myself packing and prepping for the 2025 NMA reunion, which begins a week from today.

Every year since 2008, I've published The Daily Poop during the run-up to the reunion. It provides a way to stay in touch with shipmates, to promote the NMA, and—frankly speaking—to drum up a bit of anticipation at a time when we already have more than enough anticipation to go around. The Daily Poop is published here at my blog, NavyLyres, and is also crossposted to Facebook. 

I'll keep up The Daily Poop until early next week, when I'll switch to the traditional NMA Reunion Live-blog coverage. This is our 30th anniversary, so I expect a lively party awaits us in Kansas City. 

So, if you can't come to the reunion this year, a quick check here or at Facebook will provide a taste of our reunion goings-on. 

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I wish I looked as good
as the AI version of me.

My journey to Kansas City will be the first road trip in my new car—well, it was new in December, but I still haven't figured out all the bells, whistles, and electronic shenanigans that come with cars nowadays.

The only gadgetry I truly understand is Siriusly Sinatra. The car came with a few free months of SiriusXM, which streams Sinatra into my soul every time I press the car's start button. Frank is often joined by other crooners and jazz singers, but the Main Attraction is the Voice. Naturally, I've continued the subscription. Let's face it—everything goes better with Sinatra.

SiriusXM provides other channels, and one afternoon, I sampled them. There's a sixties channel, a jazz channel, a comedy channel, and probably a channel for everything you could possibly want.

But if you have any sense of taste, you don’t want them. You want Sinatra.

I'm a lucky guy—but not as lucky as my wife. Jo gets to ride to Kansas City with two Franks.

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