God bless Eulice Shelley, owner of A&A Transfer and Storage.

He has long provided storage and transport for the Air Commando Association as they gather goods for worldwide distribution.

Right now they're in search of clothing, shoes and household items for more than

900 Montagnard people from Southeast Asia who are being relocated to North Carolina.

If you're unfamiliar with the "Yards," they are tribal warriors who fought and died (in great numbers) for us during the Vietnam War.

In return for employing their superb war fighting skills, the U.S. government promised them many things.

And, at war's end, delivered on none of our promises.

Retired Brig. Gen. Heinie Aderholt - "Air Commando One," and author of same - has been working long and hard at rectifying our

duplicity.

To that end, the Air Commandos and tireless volunteer John Grove are trying to fill up one of Eulice's Mayflower trucks for the trip north.

The Montagnards are small folks, so large people need not donate clothing or shoes.

But a pot's a pot, 'n' all a that.

You may donate goods by dropping them off at Heinie's Far East Interiors (across from the Chamber of Commerce on Miracle Strip Parkway), or at the ACA headquarters on U.S. Highway 98, 3.5 miles west of Hurlburt Field.

They'd like to hit the road in about a week.

You might also offer your condolences to Heinie on losing his cherished wife, Jessie, last weekend. She was truly the wind beneath his wings.

"Happiness is biting my parrot back."

So read the license plate holder on the station wagon in front of me.

And sure enough, there in the back of it was a huge parrot-sized cage.

If a parrot has never bitten you, you'll not understand the humor therein.

If you'd like to be bitten by a parrot, visit Elephant Walk on Friday night for their Mediterranean wine dinner. They have a gorgeous parrot there, but I bet he can take off a finger.

Don't try biting back.

Cox Cable's Diane Conroy will soon host her 30th Cablethon.

For the second year running, it will benefit Covenant Hospice. (The American Cancer Society has put most of its eggs in the Relay for Life effort.)

Business leaders will soon receive a letter asking for donations for the Cablethon auction.

Please respond generously. Hospice volunteers do incredibly heroic things.

"Civilization began when the first man threw an insult instead of a rock."

That was The Rev on Sunday night as we discussed the de-evolution of society.

Thought it worthy of passing along.