This is a quick blog in remembrance of 9/11. Tommorow is the third year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Regardless of how you feel about the politics that followed, our society, our world was changed, with the murders of thousands of people in a short space of time. As a soldier, I have been affected personally by the results that followed, and I think that there are very few in this country, that if they do not know someone who was personally affect...
Enter my rant. This is not a nice article. This is not a funny, cute article about zombie deer, or squirrels with enormous nuts. This is an down and out, set your flamethrower to kill, kiss my ass 'til my hat falls off rant. Be warned. I am weary, weary of soldiers being portrayed in the media as the poor pathetic victims of an oppresive, money grubbing, oil loving government, headed by a pyschopathic commander in chief, hell bent on a religious war of destruction. I am also sick to dea...
Looked outside tonight? No? Go fast!!!! Look up!! The moon is the most amazing shade of red from the eclipse we're having, RIGHT NOW!!!! Don't miss it, there's not another one that can be seen from the states for 3 years. It's a great glowing orange red globule floating in the sky. The color comes from the light leaking around the edges of the earth at a tangent to the atmosphere's (where the sunsets and sunrises are happening. It just peaked maybe 9:30/9:35ish central time, so if you look...
Hadn't blogged in a few, just don't feel up to it lately. Usually the holiday season's one my favorite times of year. But this year it just doesn't feel right. Been tired, cranky, depressed, angry. Bleh. Got my lights up, and brought a tree home, but it's been three days, and I still haven't finished decorating it, just kind of picked at it. Just don't feel like it. Hell, I've still got a few things out from halloween. I'll keep watching, but I may not write much for a little while, just w...
"All other holidays are in a more or less degree connected with conflicts and battles of man's prowess over man, of strife and discord for greed and power, of glories achieved by one nation over another. Labor Day...is devoted to no man, living or dead, to no sect, race, or nation." -Samuel Gompers, founder of the AFL- Welcome to another long weekend. You sit there at home, and completely fail to remember the true meaning of this holiday, those who.....oh wait, this holiday's for you.
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I mean, I knew we were broke. Really really broke. But can you imagine being the guy in S-1 to get a disconnection notice for failure to pay the electric bill for the post? (umm, excuse me, sir.....did you remember to mail the check yet? no? shoot........) That's exactly what happened though at Ft. Sam Houston down in Austin. It seems the Army is running about 530 million short on their garrison budget this year, and was afraid to stir up controversy by going to Congress to ask for it like...
And there were shepherds living in the fields nearby abiding their sheep by night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were sore afraid. But the angel said unto them, "Fear not, for I bring you tidings of great joy that will be for all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign to you: You will find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying ...
Okay, spring forward, fall over, right? Something like that. Don't forget to change your clocks this Sunday. Otherwise, you'll boss will be happy with you come Monday, but you'll be having a sucky halloween 'cause you went to work an hour early. You get an extra hour back, so when you go to bed, if it's 10, set the clock for 9. Or whatever, but set your clocks one hour earlier than it already is. Now you'll be able to get up and go to church on time. Heck, you could even sleep in a bit, an...
Well, you've done it again, Abbot.........we're swimming in feces now. My wife was doing laundry and going to the bathroom, (that's right, simultaneously, why not?) and the main drain just backed up to my house. And apparently there's been some good eating here this weekend. ewwwwwwwwwwww. Fortunately, the bathroom floors are just covered in grey water. If you don't know what grey water is, well, I won't enlighten you, but use your imagination. However the toilets filled up, then went down...
Nuts. People here are going hurricane crazy. Forecasts are showing that it's shifted east, so all we're likely to face are torrential rains, possible flooding, seventy mph hour winds, and a few tornadoes here. Shit, that's bad, but that's just normal Texas fall weather. But you should see the local grocery stores / gas stations / banks / anything. I'm set up sweet, just in case, but after the mass runs people are making, the hurricane hasn't even hit yet, and there's no gas, no water, and ...
WTF Rita? Category 5 storm I can see, okay. But a hurricane that'll go through central Texas, and maybe on up to Dallas? That ain't (and I pick that word con mucho cuidado wahine!) Don't Waco and Killeen got enough problems without a hurricane? I remember somebody asking the city council about Copperas Cove's disaster plan in the event of something like this. Their response, "We don't have one, Ft. Hood'll take care of us." ???!!!!!!! I guess we'll find out.......... Anybody got any n...
Just got back a few hours ago. Very very tired. I met my stepfather in Temple about 11 o'clock Tuesday, and we drove south to I-10 in Houston and headed East. It took about 10 hours to get to Baton Rouge, but over six to go those last forty miles or so. I knew it was going to be a bad day when we had to stop when a trucker got killed as we came into Baton Rouge. I don't know who he was, but he went off the road on the right and barely made it back on okay while we were behind him. We w...
It's on for tommorow, going to N.O. Hopefully in and out in one day, but who knows? Here's an interesting email I sent today. You've probably got most or all of this covered, but here's what I thought of anyways. Probably won't need most of it, but better safe than sorry. Food - I got 4 M.R.E.s but I don't know if you can eat them. Water - Water. Camel Backs would be a good idea if you've got them. I've also got a couple of canteens, but honestly, they taste terrible. Bleach - the...
Over the last few days, I've grown tired of seeing comments like this float up like the fecal matter they are, over and over again, by people desperately looking for a scapegoat to hang the blame on. "That was a BS post, US help was so slow, so slow to act compaired to the actions that where taken for the victums of the tsunami over sea's. " HELLO! Aid is coming, and has been arriving as much as is possible for an impossible situation. But there's not a rescue or aid worker in the world...
There's a scene I like in Rushmore. The kid playing Max has just met Bill Murray's character, and they're siiting, facing forward. Max turns to Bill with this completely out of place question, and says "You were in Vietnam?" "Yeah" "Were you in the shit?" Bill Murray turns his head, with that deadpan look that says I hate myself and the entire world, then faces forward and says "Yeah, I was in the shit." Guess where I'm going......maybe. I talked to my parents on the phone today, and a cou...