As promised, an Army perspective on some classic proverbs and sayings. 1. A woobie is a man's best friend. 2. A 10 mile ruckmarch is as good as a mile. 3. All men are not cast in the same mold.......except for MPs. 4. Bad news travels fast. Deductions from your paycheck travel even faster. 5. Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. (eliminate all portions in highlight. 6. Boys will be boys. And so will girls. Army of one, hooah. 7. Christmas comes, bu...

As promised, an Army perspective on some classic proverbs and sayings. 1. A woobie is a man's best friend. 2. A 10 mile ruckmarch is as good as a mile. 3. All men are not cast in the same mold.......except for MPs. 4. Bad news travels fast. Deductions from your paycheck travel even faster. 5. Bad planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part. (eliminate all portions in highlight. 6. Boys will be boys. And so will girls. Army of one, hooah. 7. Christmas comes, bu...

And, since it's been awhile, a warm up....... Two officers are sitting out on the edge of an airfield watching a private mowing grass. After talking for awhile, they start arguing over whether sex is 95 percent mental, or 95 percent physical. They argue and argue and finally one of them says, "You know what? That private over there is a lot younger than us and probably has way more sex. We'll go ask him, and whatever he says goes." So, they go up to him and ask the question "Son, do yo...

And, since it's been awhile, a warm up....... Two officers are sitting out on the edge of an airfield watching a private mowing grass. After talking for awhile, they start arguing over whether sex is 95 percent mental, or 95 percent physical. They argue and argue and finally one of them says, "You know what? That private over there is a lot younger than us and probably has way more sex. We'll go ask him, and whatever he says goes." So, they go up to him and ask the question "Son, do yo...

I'm still playing with my new toy. Monster pod. It's my first real mp3 player. Shhh. Don't tell anyone. Roar. So far, I've been uploading songs from my CD collection all week, and I'm up to about 2 days and change worth of music and used up maybe a whopping 3 percent of it's 80 gig capacity. It's seriously cutting into my knitting. But.......another 90 albums or so and I'm good. Unless........ It'll do books, videos, photos, the works. The only problem is, all the extra electronics a...

I'm still playing with my new toy. Monster pod. It's my first real mp3 player. Shhh. Don't tell anyone. Roar. So far, I've been uploading songs from my CD collection all week, and I'm up to about 2 days and change worth of music and used up maybe a whopping 3 percent of it's 80 gig capacity. It's seriously cutting into my knitting. But.......another 90 albums or so and I'm good. Unless........ It'll do books, videos, photos, the works. The only problem is, all the extra electronics a...

They say that one of the reasons that America has fought as well as it does, is because of the great care with which we equip their individual soldiers. Take WWII. German engineering was waaaay better than American. Look at the panzer tanks for example. In fact, when we conquered the Germans, a lot of our future wartime technology was plagarized in mass. However, we outproduced them, and American soldiers that were better supplied carried the day. However......... When my grandfather went ...

They say that one of the reasons that America has fought as well as it does, is because of the great care with which we equip their individual soldiers. Take WWII. German engineering was waaaay better than American. Look at the panzer tanks for example. In fact, when we conquered the Germans, a lot of our future wartime technology was plagarized in mass. However, we outproduced them, and American soldiers that were better supplied carried the day. However......... When my grandfather went ...

No, really. I'm not going to erase this one......this time. Right. Quick update, back from the field for a couple of days now. Been cleaning tents for two days straight, and if I never see another one, it'll be too soon......like tommorow. Sigh......... Got a monsterously huge iPod to take to Iraq. It's my first one. Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone. Last but not least, went to appleby's applebies applepie.....damn. And had mudslides, followed by watching Ghost Rider. Wow. Not canon, but c...

No, really. I'm not going to erase this one......this time. Right. Quick update, back from the field for a couple of days now. Been cleaning tents for two days straight, and if I never see another one, it'll be too soon......like tommorow. Sigh......... Got a monsterously huge iPod to take to Iraq. It's my first one. Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone. Last but not least, went to appleby's applebies applepie.....damn. And had mudslides, followed by watching Ghost Rider. Wow. Not canon, but c...

Going to the field for a couple of weeks or so, so won't be blogging for awhile. Don't worry about responding, it'll be a bit before I get anything. Also, sometime in the next few months my blog is going to die. Maybe sudden like. Don't sweat it, I'll be back, and I'll jump in occasionally when I can. May be a year or two though. It's only a war, no big deal. Admin, please don't erase my articles before say, mid 09? Love ya'll all, and be back for awhile soon, NBS.

Going to the field for a couple of weeks or so, so won't be blogging for awhile. Don't worry about responding, it'll be a bit before I get anything. Also, sometime in the next few months my blog is going to die. Maybe sudden like. Don't sweat it, I'll be back, and I'll jump in occasionally when I can. May be a year or two though. It's only a war, no big deal. Admin, please don't erase my articles before say, mid 09? Love ya'll all, and be back for awhile soon, NBS.

I'm going to hell. I skipped church this morning to sleep in and play Guitar Hero II. Briefly, that game is AWESOME!!! Not worth skipping church for, I guess, but still awesome. I bought it yesterday, and I've been alternating jamming out with knitting on dharma's sock (yes, sock. it can't be socks because I haven't started the other one, silly.) and laughing at Joy playing. I've also got a sweet celtic-braid cable knit scarf going that's all of about nine inches long right now. When I'm ...

I'm going to hell. I skipped church this morning to sleep in and play Guitar Hero II. Briefly, that game is AWESOME!!! Not worth skipping church for, I guess, but still awesome. I bought it yesterday, and I've been alternating jamming out with knitting on dharma's sock (yes, sock. it can't be socks because I haven't started the other one, silly.) and laughing at Joy playing. I've also got a sweet celtic-braid cable knit scarf going that's all of about nine inches long right now. When I'm ...

Did you hear about the hijacked shipment of Viagra in Seattle? They don't know who did it yet, but the cops are on the lookout for hardened criminals...... And on that note, I went to see Pan's Labrynth yesterday. Wow. And again, Wow. Mister Del Toro, that more than made up for Hellboy. Frightening, mysterious, astounding beauty mixed with unflinching brutality. And I do mean unflinching. Do Not Take Your Kids To This Movie. I'm thirty and watch a LOT of horror movies and it was a...