I wish I had a slogan such as Garrison Keeler’s intro to the Prairie Home Companion…’It’s been a slow week in Lake Wobegon’. A catch phrase always comes in handy. Its the little bit of nothing somehow signifying so much. Perhaps I’ll try a few out in the upcoming weeks. Until then you simply have [...]
Archive for November, 2006
went to war and all i got was this lousy tee-shirt
Posted in politics, rants, the military experience on November 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
life lessons and back to the future
Posted in life, the military experience on November 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, the immortal words of Biff, ‘McFly…McFly!’
I first watched the quintessential bully thunder his way through hill valley (yes, I googled the name of the town) and I saw my own skool bullies. I loved the fact Biff got his in the end. Clearly, despite all attempts to quell the fires of vengeance burning [...]
just a bit outside
Posted in life, quickies on November 16, 2006 | 1 Comment »
if i may, i would like to broach a subject important to us all but not normally openly discussed in polite company. fearlessly, i will storm the gates of politeness and jump right in. one of the things i find the most daunting, the most uncomfortable and the most inhumane of issues i deal with [...]
dance of the bumblebee
Posted in life, the military experience on November 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The past few days have offered plenty of time to look around and consider the difference between perception and reality. Just today a fellow pilot said in an email, ‘whether we like it or not, perception is reality’. I completely disagree. Of all, perception has the least to do with reality. Truth has many shades [...]
skiing and politik
Posted in politics, religious on November 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
i pose a simple analogy for the state of the current political climate. please review and tell me what you think.
someone asked me to explain my rather ‘individualistic’ political views recently. i began my typical political rant with a history lesson, founders views on taxation and government control, standing militia [...]
the day to day
Posted in life, the military experience on November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
sorry i’ve not written in a few days. things have taken a turn for the asinine. i’ve actually composed three emails in my noggin which i’ve not set down. none of them are worthy of emails unfortunately. probably better suited for a blog of sorts. so instead of providing mildly entertaining and undoubtedly verbose rants [...]
and it begins
Posted in life, the military experience on November 4, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Today I flew for the first time since I arrived. It was a benign ferry flight from Kuwait city back to the camp. It was good to get in the aircraft again. Its odd when you don’t fly often it feels very strange the first few moments when you return. It feels as though you [...]
fort riddle
Posted in life, the military experience on November 3, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Things are beginning to settle into the routine of un-routine. The weather remains remarkably temperate and as we were laboriously told by the weather forecaster in his excruciating brief, it will become more and more mild. January promises highs of 64 and lows in the low 40’s. Appears I picked the right time to visit [...]
in the beginning
Posted in life, the military experience on November 2, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Fri
After a long and exhausting plane ride which saw stops in Illinois, Newfoundland, Germany and finally Kuwait, I finally made my way to camp buering. If you’ve ever spent a similar time on a jet at 35,000 ft., you realize how discombobulated we all were. Needless to say, my mind had a difficult time calibrating. [...]
