I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Smittie Day 172 First, I read this article in the Army Times. Of course, I then had to find out what Captain Estrada had said which led me to this article in the Washington Post. In the course of looking for Captain Estrada’s article I also found an editorial reply of sorts from the Washington Post. … Read more
Day 168 This letter, written by Ben Stein, is titled Strength At Home. Altough it is addressed to one particular Army wife, in the text of the letter Mr. Stein makes it clear he is talking to all military spouses. I love the whole letter but there are two passages that I would like to … Read more
Day 167 I am being ordered to take the First Class exam today. I don’t believe I am qualified to advance yet. I do not have the professional knowledge that an Information Systems Technician First Class should have but my command has order a test for me and now insist that I take it. Fun … Read more
Day 165 Weather is a little cooler today. It’s about 105 outside right now. Probably get into the teens. I’ve been reading a lot of news articles about Kerry lately. Interesting guy. According to the Economist (sorry, can’t find a link to the article), half of Americans do not know what John Kerry’s positions are. … Read more
Day 164 Five days since my last post. I am sorry. I’ve been kind of busy. Stood watch, of course. Revamped my resume. Not so much a revamp as an up date. I added a recent job change that happened just before I came out here and I added this temporary stint that I’m on … Read more
Day 159 Today was a busy day and I wasn’t even on duty. That’s a good thing for reasons I can’t go into. 159 days in the middle east. I wish I had more opportunity to interact with the culture here. Kuwaiti society seems very interesting. There seems to be some pretty significant differences between … Read more
Day 156 Same old stuff. Went swimming. Swam 500 meters. Swimming it stronger and more steadily now. Much stronger strokes. I’m hoping to try and run this afternoon, well really this evening. I think I forgot to mention that I finished Joint Task Force America and am now reading Janet Evanovich‘s Two For The Dough. … Read more
Day 155 Had duty yesterday. Actually got a decent night’s sleep out there last night. It was a quiet night. Went swimming today, big news that, huh? Anyway, I still getting my exercise. I’m gonna miss Boomer. I wish he could have stayed with us for the whole deployment. So does he. God’s grace to … Read more
Day 153 It seems I got a little dehydrated. I was feeling dizzy and thought it was just BPPV acting up again. I went to sick call and explained my symptoms. They raised the possibility that I might be dehydrated. I came back to the tent and started drinking water. A lot of water. I … Read more
Day 152 Went swimming today. Slept a lot. Reading Joint Task Force America. Got off duty this morning. It was a pretty uneventful day which was nice. Just another hot and sandy day in paradise. Aloha