I'm the village idiot, I don't have anything to do with this pathetic little opera, I just felt like passing through!
This is an excellent article on military action in Fallujah. Tough reading if you really think about what it is saying. B Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marines fought hard and did well. Dexter Filkins documents the experience of B company in a fair and unbaise manner. In this Op-Ed piece, “Postcards from Iraq,” Mr. Friedman … Read more
Do you wonder how it could be that a United States Marine would shoot and kill a wounded, unarmed man in a Mosque in Fallujah? Well, maybe this will help. The following is a quote from this article in the San Jose Mercury News. I strongly recommend that you read the article. Lance Corporal Ailes … Read more
I had a long email conversation with a gentleman from Des Moines, Iowa who is getting ready to go over to Kuwait. A reservist like me, he was looking for information about take he should take, what is useful, what is necessary, what is useless. As a result of that conversation I decided to create … Read more
Tomorrow I go back to my civilian job in Silly Cone Valley. I wish I could say I was happy to be going back. I’m really feeling pretty depressed. I would really like to remain involved in the efforts in Iraq. As I have mentioned many times in this weblog, I believe in what we’re … Read more
It was another very close election. This year it came down to Ohio. It appears that we the American public will be spared the drama of 2000. Mr. Kerry has conceded the election to President Bush. The GOP will likely control the White House, the Senate and the House. If the last two presidential elections … Read more
I voted! Did you? Aloha
It seems hard to believe I’ve already been home almost two months. The first two months in Kuwait seemed like two life times. These past two months seem like two weeks. Interesting, our perception of time. Another Japanese has been taken hostage in Iraq. This time a backpacker in Iraq as a tourist. I have … Read more
The Hawai`i vacation is over. I’m home. I have about ten days off and then I go back to Apple and resume my life as if nothing happened. The last ten months have changed, at the very least, my outlook on life. Now to the task of getting on with life. It’s hard for me … Read more
How-To: Make your own photo mosaics – Engadget – www.engadget.com This is pretty cool. I’ll never have any time to mess with it but it is pretty cool. Aloha
Joey de Villa is getting married. I first met Joey when he made blogging sensation with the story of his date from hell (I’m not going digging through his archives to find the link). aloha