I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
Corporal Missile 47 years later As mentioned in a previous post, I recently went to White Sands Missile Range for training. Well, 47 years ago, or there abouts, my father was at White Sands Missile Range to test fire the Corporal Missile. Here’s the family standing in from of the Corporal missile displayed at the … Read more
…I hope you find peace [ news articles | Original blog post ]. I am sorry for you tragic loss. Specialist Casey Sheehan sounds like someone I would have liked. I wish I’d had the chance to serve with him. I believe he was a good soldier. I hope that, in time, you find a … Read more
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed this year on 2007-05-28). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during … Read more
This is it, right here. This is why we do what we do. This 15 year old girl understands what seems to have escaped most people twice her age. Thanks, Dad. For sending me the video and for understanding what the video is talking about. I know that you remember me. aloha [posted with ecto] … Read more
…I’m glad to hear someone is outraged but it should hardly be surprising. We, the US military, went into this war with fiberglass and canvas humvees and Vietnam era flack vests. Congress wants to extract as much political value out of each round of funding approval. So, it should really come as little surprise that … Read more
I’ve been into photography since 1980 when I bought my first Canon AE-1. I loved that camera. I’m sorry I don’t still have it. In 1990 my photography equipment got stolen. I replaced the AE-1 with a Canon EOS 650 which I still have. When I was deployed to Kuwait I took the first digital … Read more
Yes, I am back from six weeks of military training. Warrior Transition Course was not a good experience. I’m glad it’s over. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to write an entry explaining my experience. Every attempt only sounded like so much whining and bitching. Suffice it to say that … Read more
Iraq’s government has lost control of vast areas to powerful local factions and the country is on the verge of collapse and fragmentation, a leading British think-tank said on Thursday (source article). I think this is an interesting article. I do not necessarily agree with the conclusions drawn but the article points out a couple … Read more
Tomorrow I will depart for Warrior Transition Course. A four week course designed to train prior service people from other branches how to be soldiers. You might also call it Soldiering School. They’ll teach us Army Customs and Courtesies, which I’ve already learned are somewhat different from the Navy. We’ll get a refresher course on … Read more
“Babel” (Alejandro González Iñárritu) My wife and I watched Babel on DVD last night. Both of us thought it was pretty slow, not very good. Babel tells four stories that are, in varying degrees, interrelated. In my opinion, none of the four stories are very engaging. Much of the camera work was the handheld camcorder … Read more