I've had to watch my oldest for awhile now, always attracting the older girls. The one we had the most trouble with was younger, though. SSG Monobrow's oldest daughter was very very forward and perpetually insistent about the impending nuptials...
Muffy's better than what I came up with: Skunk Guts. I seem to have bypasssed your level of humor and plummeted straight into the basement, sorry.
Congratulations, dharma, on finding what seems to be such a good fit for you. Good luck, terpfan, in helping to take care of your in-laws. Your story reminds me of my grandparents' situation before they passed.
Today, the offer I was made yesterday became official when I accepted the position of the base Joint Services Color Guard NCOIC (i.e. head dude of the guys who carry the flags). I'd like to think I was offered the position by the previous NCOIC because I will do a good job with it. I'm not saying I won't do a good job, because I will, but I realize that the
You know, I have lost *so* much respect for those ranks since being stationed here. When they are in a class environment, they behave worse than privates. I still salute them of course, no matter how much it hurts. You kidding me? I (and some of my former students) will chase them down just to make them salute back! There's a whole building of
The first hit from a Google search for 1337: the Wikipedia entry
Brainwashed is perhaps not the right choice of word here.....perhaps 'taught' is more appropriate. "Indoctrinated." I think that's the Army's preferred word. Or perhaps "soldierized." When I was out on my visit to you guys last fall, we were spoken to about students at the NCO Academy not
I'm glad you've (re)learned that you're good at this. The way your heart overflows with affection and concern for those around you makes this work such a good fit for you. And you are blessed (it's just perception that says where the gifts come from).
My question is, won't my computer automatically change to the correct time? It does now when DST kicks in. Yes, but you'd need to make sure you get an update from Microsoft, most likely. I believe it does it now not by referencing some outside source for the time (it isn't synching up with a network) but instead by knowing the rule of when to se
Oh! And my father saw some 1337-speak I had scrawled out in a notebook as I was trying to figure out how to write "Merry Christmas" and was startled that I was using gang tags in my notebook. Seems the local constabulary had given some talks about how gangs are tagging like that... these are the same local cops that cited 1st Edition Dungeon Master's Guide as an occult text for cultish gangs, however.
It's interesting. The generally younger people who would put that sort of thing in non-online or official correspondence will only face prejudice if the recipient isn't of a similar bent as them. When these sorts of younger people get into positions where they are receiving the job applications (do you think this could happen without them adjusting their perception of this txt speak?), will they show a similar prejudice? BTW, I'm guilty of u
So, this makes me what, a patriotic mercenary? An altruistic realist? A concerned citizen who's also concerned about his own ability to bring the bacon home and put bread on the table? (If you bring home the bacon, why don't you just put that on the table? And where's this bread coming from?)<
I'll miss your writings like I miss talking to you. I'd say, "Maybe we should write to each other," but I know that's not going to happen because we're both men . I've relearned that lesson with the Christmas card fiasco... edit: I just saw that none of your stuff is here any more. I hope you just hid it and didn't delete it.
and one time, at MSA camp............. And, to finally let you in on the joke: MSIEIN = evil-doers, the pernicious MKSIKIIN = Mexicans
i don't know anyone who went into the enlisted army for big bucks. then you don't know enough soldiers or simply haven't had candid responses from some...
As I mentioned in my last post, I now list my profession (so far, only on MySpace) as "warrior monk." Yes, greywar, it sounds better than "geek" and it means something much more to me as well. Sometimes through adversity, things can become more clear. Not perfectly clear, in my case, but... I did a lot of reading. A lot of self-improvement books.
While I have seen few soldiers that fit the exact definition of mercenary given above (although I have sadly met some that are motivated solely by the monetary gain), I have met even fewer that are so patriotic as to not try to get as much as they could out of the Army. Pay issues can be a huge detriment to morale; I have one soldier today who informed me that he is owed $3000 in back pay for housing allowance because someone decided tha
The first thing that I thought of as I was reading was "in the basement, behind a locked door, guarded by a wild cougar" but then you mentioned the Guide later. People don't pay attention to this sort of thing when it's being planned but they sure do like to bitch about it when it happens... nature of the beast?
I thought I'd be safe since I'm not on your blog list, but I guess I'm not. Something's posted.
pseudosoldier : Write more. Add lots of blogs about your kiddos and about stupid and/or interesting things that happen at work. Maybe toss in some relationship musings. My sons are awesome. Since Christmas, they have been playing through Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (pseudo jr sometimes refers to it by its full title) almost N
I'm glad you were able to get it, and I agree with Geezer, it doesn't look irritated at all. I'm sure you're excited about it. I don't mind things like blood draws and it's not like I want piercings anyway... but it seems like every body part that you could get pierced would be *really* sensitive (for me, at least). Yowch is right.
I'm with grey on this one, I think. What gets me is that healthy red color of the top of the ear where the piercing is. I know I'll be told that it's because it's a fresh piercing (a.k.a. wound) but then I think of the issues you had with your nose piercing (and, no, I doubt the same staph lives in your ears). edit: This sounds a lot more disapproving than I had wanted. I'm sorry, I'm just in a bad mood. If you get it, I'm sure
Crap, I've got to pay better attention. I did write about this. But at least this time I had that picture...
her NBS is a dude. A weird dude, but a dude nonetheless.
It has taken me awhile to write this but for no particular reason. There are no OPSEC concerns nor was it any great fiasco. I guess I just didn't. On 14DEC06 (was it so long ago already?), I participated in the Joint Service Color Guard for a wreath laying ceremony as part of Wreaths Across America. Link W
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