Privacy is a quaint notion here but for the most part we try and allow others as much of it as possible unless of course they have just gotten a package from Amazon! DVD’s are a big deal here in Iraq since our main opponent on our safe little base is crushing boredom. Folks here will crowd around and hop up and down like little kids waiting for you to open up your new trove of movies. This also leads to a great de...
Calling out a blogger by name in the title of an article is borderline . Writing a rambling idiotic rant in said article is infantile and actually takes away any credibility you might have been building. Not bothering to figure out how to link to the article your screed is referring to means you are too lazy or technically challenged to blog. Finally, disabling comments on this s...
Jesus Shaves "And what does one do on the fourteenth of July? Does one celebrate Bastille Day?" It was my second month of French class, and the teacher was leading us in an exercise designed to promote the use of one, our latest personal pronoun. "Might one sing on Bastille Day?" she asked. "Might one dance in the street? Somebody give me an answer." Printed in our textbooks was a list of major holidays alongside a scattered arrangement of photo...
Jesus Shaves "And what does one do on the fourteenth of July? Does one celebrate Bastille Day?" It was my second month of French class, and the teacher was leading us in an exercise designed to promote the use of one, our latest personal pronoun. "Might one sing on Bastille Day?" she asked. "Might one dance in the street? Somebody give me an answer." Printed in our textbooks was a list of major holidays alongside a scattered arrangement of photo...
You might be Military Intelligence if : You don’t know the maximum effective range of an M-16 but you know exactly how much damage a two-handed sword does to Giant Size Target under 3 rd edition rules. Soldiers come to you with broken computers and radios as though you were the only Shaman in the tribe with the secret to making Fire… A “road march” is when you have to walk 2 blocks to the shoppette for more beer… You’ve never been to Ranger s...
You might be Military Intelligence if : You don’t know the maximum effective range of an M-16 but you know exactly how much damage a two-handed sword does to Giant Size Target under 3 rd edition rules. Soldiers come to you with broken computers and radios as though you were the only Shaman in the tribe with the secret to making Fire… A “road march” is when you have to walk 2 blocks to the shoppette for more beer… You’ve never been to Ranger s...
This was originally posted by Blackfive and linked by Glenn Reynolds and while they certainly don't need any hits from my pathetic amount of traffic I do want those of you who don't read them regularly to give this story a look. " When we first started taking fire, I just looked to the right and saw seven or eight guys shooting back at us — muzzle flashes...At first, I shot one guy. I saw him fall " - Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester And for the anal retenti...
Unless you have been hiding under a rock (without cable) then you have heard about the shooting up in Red Lake Minnesota. Turns out that the teacher who was killed by this "Native Nazi" is a native of my home town . In point of fact her nephew David was in grade school with me. You don't really expect to find stuff like this when the population of your town is less than 500 (with generous municipal limits too). Very odd.
(Note: A Rant by Vince Calangelo, Scribed by His faithful chronicler Greywar ) Before her bout with potassium deficiency induced oxygen deprivation Terri Schiavo… Ate meat from endangered species at every meal … Was a member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy … Supplied Flaxseed Oil to Barry Bonds … Skinned puppies for the fur industry … Forged the Rathergate Memos … ...
From the NCO who brought you "Where's Israel?" now comes.... What’s that smell? I hope it's not in my box!
From the NCO who brought you "Where's Israel?" now comes.... What’s that smell? I hope it's not in my box!
(This joke is pretty far "inside" but oh well...)
(This joke is pretty far "inside" but oh well...)
Shoot Me Instead! Seriously... stab me, overdose me (heroin please), or smother me with a pillow. All of these would be preferable to starving to death in my case. Any would certainly be preferable to lingering on as a vegetable burdening my wife and family. Can't find the will to kill me? Call Calangelo, he'll do me quick and painless. Just don't leave me in a fucking bed shitting on myself. Consider this a public no...
The Killer Cat still lingers... The cat attacking a soldier who is apparently also afflicted with a bizarre identity obscuring fungal growth...