Life without death is as lopsided as a life without children. We hate death. We love birth. There is unfairness in death; a frankness we are unaccustomed to. Today my friends died. Two pilots and two crewmen flying the same helicopter I fly. Flying the same mission I fly [...]
Archive for January, 2007
the day my friends died
Posted in religious, the military experience on January 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
nights like these
Posted in the military experience on January 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So I finally understand the old army slogan, ‘we do more before 8 a.m. then most people do all day’. It’s a simple matter of time difference; else it’s some sort of inside joke between Joes. Honestly, I’m fairly certain there are more then enough underemployed Joes to suffice without adding more troops. Oh if [...]
worst of my worst
Posted in yarns on January 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For some reason, I decided to dig deep into the repertoire and pull one from the tremendously horrible date file. A little back story, Monica was a girl I knew in San Diego a few years back. Her ex-boyfriend was a buddy of mine throughout flight skool. He introduced us thinking I might be a [...]