Well another week gone by, another week less I have to spend in this dump known as Fort Riley. Honestly I do not understand why anyone would want to live here. The two towns outside the base are tiny and have little to offer (omg Hastings is the worse bookstore I have ever been in). [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Drivers Training and CLS…another week gone by
Posted in Army, Life, Politics, Writing, tagged Army, bias, blackroot, Fort Riley, news, Politics, sci-fi, stupidity, Writing on Sunday, 24 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
Still writing
Posted in Writing, tagged blackroot, post-apoc, Writing on Friday, 22 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yep, stayed up far too late, the barracks dark and silent (luckily my wife and kids bought me that iPod for Father’s Day), and wrote a bunch. Managed to end the second ‘chapter’ on a sort of cliffhanger/twist, then got inspired and delved a little deeper into who Tarina is and why she is who [...]
What is wrong with American businesses (especially ABRA)?
Posted in Life, tagged ABRA, auto, business, consumer confidence, customer service, repair on Tuesday, 19 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just do not understand what is wrong with American businesses these days. Well, maybe I do. I have seen a decline in customer service over the last 5 or so years (essentially since I started having the money to be able to put my money where my mouth is), and I am the kind [...]
A Rollover!
Posted in Army, Just Plain Wierd, tagged Army, hummer, rollover, training on Monday, 18 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yep, today we training on the Hummer Rollover trainer (HEAT or something). It was interesting, especially when you drop on your head and have to figure out how to get your ass out of an upside down Hummer with all this crazy gear on and in the tight confines of the inside of a fully [...]
more music
Posted in music, tagged country, folk, kasey chambers, shane on Sunday, 17 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Found a kick ass song, real old folky sound to it that just makes it a must listen. I guess this is a husband and wife out of Australia, didn’t know they have country music there, but apparently it is pretty popular there. I really dig the stripped down sound of the song (the one [...]
Started writing again
Posted in Books, Writing, tagged blackroot, Cthulhu, lovecraft, post-apoc, sci-fi on Sunday, 17 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have an idea. I have lots of ideas. I wanted to start running another game, but given my current situation and the soon-to-come drastic change in timezones, starting something now would be silly so I started looking for an alternative means of creative release. The solution? Writing! (duh)
My idea is a world gone to [...]
