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Reply to Greywar and His Roommate's Pictures in Humor JoeUser Forums

Damn Grey!! You tryin' to catch up to me or something? I thought I was forever the resident fat-ass from our "generation"....

Have to Recover From the Weekend in Marriage JoeUser Forums

Well, it's been an insanely busy weekend. My wife turned 29 today, but who wants to celebrate a birthday on a Sunday? So, I figured I'd set up a few surprises for her. I gave her three surprise "gifts", and I think they worked out well, and she was pretty happy. Her gifts started rolling in on Thursday though (due to delivery date limitations by retailers). I bo

Ode to Charlie (III) in Misc JoeUser Forums

Okay, following along with the string of articles, here a few more (hopefully good) quotes: "Great! What we really need are some more O-5s around here..." MAJ (EUCOM) on the release of the list of O-5 promotions. "Cynicism is the smoke that rises from the ashes of burned out dreams." MAJ (CENTCOM) on the daily thrashings delivered to AOs at hi

Reply to Ode to Charlie (II) in Misc JoeUser Forums

I've literally got like 8 pages of 'em. I'm gonna drop them in here a few at a time....

Ode to Charlie (II) in Misc JoeUser Forums

In the absence of anything of value to say, I will provide the second installment of military quotes as captured by Charlie. "The only reason that anything ever gets done is because there are pockets of competence in every command. The key is to find them....and then exploit the hell out of 'em." CDR (CENTCOM) "Between us girls, would it help t

Ode to Charlie (I) in Misc JoeUser Forums

I am going to begin a running hommage to the late MAJ Charles Driscoll. Charlie was a colleague of mine at my current company, who was activated and went and spent a tour in Iraq. He was a US Military Academy graduate, but didn't act at all like a ring knocker. He was a ranger. He was a paratrooper. He was a soldier, and a damn fine man to boot. He completed his

Reply to SGT Greywar is Now Civilian Greywar in Misc JoeUser Forums

Congrats and sympathy to you at the same time. I understand how hard it can be to say goodbye to soldiering. I felt good getting out after my first term (though I did two tours in the Guard and Reserve components as well). I was pretty much happiest when I was back around soldiers full time. I'll admit, it was nice being a civilian and not having the restrictions that a soldier has, but I'll be damned if I didn't like watch those guys knock out mis

Citizenship Services Frustration (Vol. V) in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Well, as of about 3pm this afternoon, my wife is considered a conditional permanent resident of the United States. No more work permits, no more travel documents, much fewer INS headaches. The interview was all of about 10 minutes long, and the guy (Rob Sanders) was a gem to work with. He was polite, nice, and quick with his work, which made the interview easy. Th

Reply to We are outta here! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

!! Nice reply amigo! Glad you're back safe! Shout at ya later!

Reply to Should Our Society Endorse Torture? in Politics JoeUser Forums

As the majority of the men in Gitmo and elsewhere haven't been convicted or even charged then they are simply guests of the US government. They aren't "guests". They are detainees. They have sometimes been referred to as Persons Under U.S. Control (PUUC), but they are not considered "guests". As Grey

Reply to Ironforge is not a safe city! in WoW JoeUser Forums

Yeah... I know that for every crackpot that can't control themselves, there are hundreds or thousands of people who use it for what it was intended for - entertainment. They play a little, have some fun, and let it go, which is totally healthy. It's bizarre to hear these kinds of stories though... that people would let themselves go that far. I've heard of guys dying in PC cafes and stuff from gaming too much... seizures, exhaustion, etc. Oddly en

Reply to Ironforge is not a safe city! in WoW JoeUser Forums

sorry about the double post Chip...I got an error the first time, so I tried to repost, only to find it already here... Just delete one if ya want!

Reply to Ironforge is not a safe city! in WoW JoeUser Forums

I hope people don't think that WoW is an addictive game that makes people "believe" in alternate realities, or at least lose themselves to the game to a point that they forget about the real world. This game is absolutely safe and fun, as can be seen in this article from the Chosun Daily, a Korean newspaper....

The Joy Of Home Buying in Misc JoeUser Forums

My wife and I are in the midst of purchasing our new home. Not a "real" home, but rather a one bedroom condo, which is as much as two young professionals making median incomes can afford in the metro DC area. But, it will be ours to fuss over, fix up, and use as a tax break, so to us, it's a home nonetheless. We close next Wednesday, and move in the fol

Reply to We are outta here! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I second the previous wishes! Thanks for the all the good work amigo! Pass on appreciation to the rest of your team for doing the hard job for us slackers!

Reply to On The Seoul Train in Misc JoeUser Forums

! Having lived over there for 4 years, I have to say that you've captured life in the city pretty well. Thanks for the chuckle!

Reply to Should Our Society Endorse Torture? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Just my observation but AI seems to beleive that all methods of interrogation beyond asking a suspect a question in a normal environment are either torture or at least unethical. It isn't just AI that views it this way. After first reading this post and early replies a couple of days ago, I went and ac

Citizenship Services Frustration (Vol. IV) in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Well, a short note this time. After umpteen calls to Citizenship and Immigration Services and one of my Senators, we are finally making headway. We got our notice that we have our interview with Citizenship Services on 6 July.... same day that we are supposed to move... GREAT! I don't care if I have to pay more for rent and delay my move...I'm just happy that we ar

Reply to Vin Diesel-Grams And Amanda Hugandkiss in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Boy Chip, you sound like an idealist. I'd have thought that all of your experience with the Korean teaching staff would have broken you of that by now. There have always been some really good teachers on staff at DLI, but there have always been the handful of pains in the ass too, and they usually do a pretty good job of jerking things up for everybody else. Granted, I haven't been there for a long time, but unless the nature of Koreans has changed d

2005 LPGA Michelob Ultra Open in Golf JoeUser Forums

My wife and I took a short weekend trip to Williamsburg, VA to watch the 2005 LPGA Michelob Ultra Open. Actually, we went to watch Se Ri Pak play in this event. I've been a huge Se Ri Pak fan since she broke out on the scene in 1998, winning two major championships her rookie year at the ripe old age of 20. I've followed her career off and on since, and have been c

Citizenship Services Frustration (Vol. III) in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I am so frustrated, I almost don't know where to begin. My wife and I are waiting for her permanent residency status to come through. We applied for it in early December 2003, and the Citizenship and Immigration Services sent us a receipt telling us they "officially" received the application on 11 December 2003. According to their website, they are currently proces

Reply to Nothing to see here... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Grey, I didn't realize that your career was coming to an end. I thought you were a lifer. Granted, I know you didn't love everything about the army, but after 13 years, I figured you would coast out the last 7 or so to get to retirement before moving on. I'm interested to hear what's going on.... P.S. Not sure how long you are gonna be in the sandbox, or what your plans are after you return, but, I figured I owed you an invite at the least

Reply to Friends Don't Let Friends Walk Drunk (Part I) in Humor JoeUser Forums

The sad thing is that this wasn't some "extraordinary" event that rarely occurred. Granted, rough nights like this didn't happen to me all that often, but within our unit, this type of thing happened pretty regularly. It seemed that about once a month, somebody in the unit had something crazy happen to them.

Reply to Graduation in Blogging JoeUser Forums

To this day, I remember that one of the scenarios I had to talk about in the speaking portion of the DLPT was "How do you use a public telephone"? Keep in mind, I had never been to Korea yet, had no idea what "phone cards" were, and for some reason, the word for "press" (as in "press a button") had never come up in class. I don't know HOW we studied Korean for 12 months and never learned how to say "press", but I remember trying for about 2 minutes t

Abortion and Parental Rights in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Okay, I'm sure I'm going to stir up a storm with this article, but this issue has surfaced several times in my life, and I just can't understand it. Let's discuss a couple of hypothetical situations about abortion, totally gender neutral, by assigning the titles of Parent X and Parent Y (with no relationship given to chromosomes for gender determination). Both of th