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Memorial Day – Iraq

31 May 2005 | No Comments | Continue reading »

For most, Memorial Days past have been those of facts and figures and numbers. It is a day most often described by X number of service members who have died in Y wars in Z years. Memorial Days past have been of remembrance, maybe casual or solemn depending on the individual, and reflections of loss [...]

Where credit is due

20 May 2005 | One Comment | Continue reading »

As a farm kid in North Dakota with no exposure to or experience with crime, drugs, and all the bad things that tend to creep into one’s life at ever alarmingly younger ages, life for me was simple until my parent’s divorce when I was eleven. My days were filled with grand expeditions with my [...]

Foot in mouth disease

14 May 2005 | 2 Comments | Continue reading »

Knock knock! Who’s there? The Insensitive Guy. The Insensitive Guy who? The Insensitive guy who cracked a joke about a 15 year old Thai hooker and got his ass chewed by a female Marine Corps Captain. Question: How do all offensive jokes begin? Answer: By looking over your shoulder. It’s official. I’m “rude,” “crude,” “inconsiderate,” [...]

29th Birthday

5 May 2005 | One Comment | Continue reading »

It’s 2:20 AM and I’m on watch. Radio watch, that is. The squawk box barks at me as the American perimeter observations posts religiously call in radio checks on the top and bottom of each hour. It’s a checks and balances system, really. Information dissemination. It’s the “we heard gunshots, did you too?” kind of [...]

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The author.Born in the year of the Dragon, the author grudgingly accepts the fact he has too many interests and not enough time. A cyclist as long as he can remember, an avid yet inconsistent writer since age eleven, and a U.S. Marine since age twenty-one, the author also adds computers, snowboarding, and motorcycles to his list of interests. Incidentally, he is aware of his inability to make a living from any but the Corps. The author accepts this as fact and remains optimistic. Feel free to drop him a line.

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