I was recently stranded in Iraq at another base, one with a PX (LOL silly they even call it that), some free Internet….you know what I did? I read FOUR books! Figured I would give you a run down, because this has to be one of the oddest collections of books I have ever read, [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Stranded in Iraq….time to read
Posted in Army, Books, Just Plain Wierd, Reviews, tagged Iraq, reading on Sunday, 30 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Taxes, Politics, and people who just cannot see clearly…
Posted in Just Plain Wierd, Politics, tagged Politics, stupid people, taxes on Monday, 24 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wow. Ok, so I was sitting in our TOC (tactical operations center for you non-army peeps, here it is just like our office/hang out spot) and my LTC starts talking about how Obama has been advised that he cannot remove the Bush tax cuts for something like two years. Wait, got to back up a [...]
LOL Obamanation
Posted in Politics, tagged clinton, Illinois, Obama, Politics on Friday, 21 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I hope all of you wanted real change, change back to the Clinton years! Seems as if every person Obama is selecting to sit in his staff or help him pick the people that will ARE Clinton people! I am just amazed at how many people were swayed by this party to vote for [...]
Yo ho, yo ho me hearties!
Posted in Just Plain Wierd, tagged awesomeness, google, pirates on Thursday, 20 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Avast ye scally wags!
Piracy is alive and well (who knew??), I could live out my dream of being a priate, I mean serious, is there anything cooler than a pirate…well, maybe a starship pilot, vampire hunters, and Batman. But hey, it appreas that piracy is still a REAL profession that one could do for a [...]
Google….King of the World? Futuregod?
Posted in Just Plain Wierd, tagged A.I., google, internet, omnipotent on Thursday, 20 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have long jested that someday Google will rise up, becoming some sort of omni-potent articial intelligence that somehow gets out of control and ends up destroying humanity…no wait, isn’t that a movie plot? All kidding aside, I have said those exact words numerous times before. And no, I am not joking.
Today there is news [...]
Combat Patch baby!
Posted in Army, tagged Army, combat patch, transition team on Thursday, 20 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yep, today is the day, I officially am allowed to wear a combat patch. Granted I am not wearing the one I wanted (always wanted a 1st Cav Div patch, I am still a Cavalry man at heart),l but hey, the Big Red One has a ton of history behind them, so I am honored to [...]
