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5 things men want women to know
5 Aug 2011 | 2 Comments | Continue reading »
Newsflash: The battle of the sexes isn’t a battle at all. It’s just miscommunication. Women don’t believe men mean what they say, and men believe women mean something different than what they say. Hell, just writing it down confuses me. The fix is a simple matter of taking what someone says at face value, then [...]
Couple’s Financial Worksheet
8 Jul 2011 | No Comments | Continue reading »
The money in your relationship is being managed wrong. Horribly wrong. The bills are barely getting paid as it is, yet she just came home with another pair of shoes or he’s buying lottery tickets again. Really?? Don’t panic. I’m here with the fix. It’s called the Couple’s Financial Worksheet (CFW), and it’ll solve all [...]
Drill Instructor duty, Parris Island: A retrospective
15 Feb 2011 | 14 Comments | Continue reading »
I don’t intend this to be some exhaustive, bullshit guide on everything you need to know before coming out to The Island as a drill instructor. I’m sure San Diego is altogether different. In fact, I know it is because I’m a “Hollywood” Marine. I volunteered for Parris Island for the change of scenery and [...]
Better off a memory
1 Jan 2010 | 9 Comments | Continue reading »
His last contact with the woman was three years ago at the girl’s holiday recital. It was accidental. He arrived late, squeezing and weaving between camera wielding parents – all leaning awkwardly to get the perfect shot of little Johnny or Susie – and stood with his back against the cushioned wall beneath the basketball [...]
Recruit survival guide (politically correct remix)
12 Oct 2009 | 6 Comments | Continue reading »
I got into a fair amount of hot water over the original Recruit Survival Guide, prompting me to assign the post the algorithmically unbreakable password of YatYas98 and rewrite it to appease softer hearts. I blame the tree-hugging, save-the-whales, why-can’t-we-just-all-get-along, make-love-not-war whistle blowers, not my command who had to take action. Everything you see in [...]
My Dad
5 Aug 2009 | 16 Comments | Continue reading »
Today is my Dad’s 70th birthday, and he’s awesome. He can build or fix anything under the sun. He’s got kickass stories of his youth in the 1950s of the crazy crap he and his brothers pulled in small town North Dakota. His humor is dry but his temper is level. And his patience for [...]
Slander defined
18 May 2009 | 82 Comments | Continue reading »
8:16pm EDST – look take this down u do not have permission to have her photos up nor to accuse me of child abuse u stupid lil man..i said i would play nice to begin with test me..really..its slander..look it up.. Slander words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another defame: charge falsely or [...]
Ignorance
3 May 2009 | 16 Comments | Continue reading »
I met a woman tonight, a conservative, an educated woman, who thought she knew what the fuck the war in Iraq was all about. She insisted she knew because she knew some people who had lived there. Her friends. “They left Iraq in 2004,” she said with conviction. “Then they were rich,” I replied. “Because [...]
Ten day daddy
10 Feb 2009 | 37 Comments | Continue reading »
I never thought it was possible to love someone so much who you’ve only known two hours. – Anonymous When Elyse Emerson was born I watched it all. She was 8lbs 12ozs and 21.75″ long. Initially the birth process was grossing me out a bit, but I realized I had seen much more death than [...]
4 movies that get me misty-eyed
12 Jan 2009 | 24 Comments | Continue reading »
To prove I’m not a completely heartless bastard void of emotion, the following is a short list of movies that tug at my heart strings… in no particular order. What: I Am Legend Who: Will Smith Why: I Am Legend, regardless of the previews and hype and Hollywood rumors, is about one man’s loneliness in [...]
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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.
