Merry Christmas

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I hope everyone has a wonder Christmas. As a Christian, the Christmas holiday holds a special and significant meaning for me personally. However, Christmas is also a cultural phenomenon. Regardless of your views of who Jesus was — personal saviour, just a man or a myth — I hope and pray that you have family … Read more

KILL BILL

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I walked out on a movie tonight. I have done that in years. It was so bad I simply could not continue watching it. As I left I muttered to myself, “this is disgusting.” And it was. The movie Kill Bill is a live action rendition of a particular genre of Japanese manga. They are … Read more

USN Active Duty: Days 1 – 3

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Day One We spent the day going through various stations getting our records checked. Medical, Dental, Admin, Legal, etc. It was pretty standard Navy fare. Hurry up, get to your assigned station, are you where you are suppose to be? No? Get there. Once there, you waited. Plenty of confusion prevailed. Are we leaving today? … Read more

An Interesting Change of Job

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December 1 I’ll be starting a new temporary job. Monday morning I’ll be popping tall in a Navy uniform. It is a nine month call up to relieve units currently in the gulf. This article is about the last group to go over. The group we are relieving. I’m currently training up (sit-ups, push-ups and … Read more

Iraq: After Saddam

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Well, this ought to get interesting. As I sat in the early morning line up at our favorite surf spots in the months and weeks preceeding the US invasion of Iraq, my good friend Jamie and I discussed the coming war often, some times heatedly. In those discussions I said that two things seemed significant … Read more

Left Hand vs Right Hand

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From this news article: Iraqi and U.S. authorities in Baghdad blamed the coordinated quadruple blasts on foreign fighters intent on targeting those they accuse of collaborating with U.S. forces. One captive would-be bomber was said to carry a Syrian passport. But in Washington, Pentagon officials said they believed loyalists of ousted President Saddam Hussein were … Read more

Post-Modern

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Fascinating book. This relates to my involvement with a new church currently forming, Vintage Faith Church. Yeah, and I’m still hella busy. Aloha

I Feel Sick…

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Dizziness sucks! I get these periods where I feel really dizzy. It gets several orders of magnitude worse when I hold my head is certain positions. The doctor has explained that it is caused by crystals in my inner ear. The crystals come loose and float around in the canal that facilitates balance, that whole … Read more