Thanks to pktaxwench , I now know how (know how now?) to properly spell "Sebacean".

Also, let it be duly noted that pastrami sandwiches and viewings of Farscape do not interoperate well.

And so begins my first blog (what a word that is, eh?) back home from Iraq. Our flight came in on the 17th of November, with Yours Truly in the unenviable duty position of Flight Commander. The experience was something akin to herding cats (or shoveling fleas, to use Mr. Lincoln's particular turn of phrase). Thankfully, there was no drunken or ( Read more... )

You are a
Social Conservative
(33% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(33% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Totalitarian

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Much done today with regards to getting my household goods moved in.  The first batch is here, safe and sound, but the remaining . . . things . . . . at my parents' house in Anaheim still need moving.  Needless to say, there's been no shortage of difficulties convincing the Fort Hood Army Transportation Office to move their lazy, stretch-pant-clad ( Read more... )

After yet another partially explainable LJ absence, I do believe I may be back on the road to regular posting.  Of course, I can't spend too much time on the reasons behind my absences - after all, if I explained all of them to the best of my ability, well, I wouldn't have time to write about anything else.

Killeen is much the same as before, save ( Read more... )

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen - at long last, my time at Fort Huachuca (Apache for "Big Thunder Mountain")* has come to an end.  No more Minutemen, Illegal Aliens, Douglas Hippies, lizards in the shower, and wretched Chevrolet Dealerships.

The previously mentioned unfavorable characteristics are to be replaced by, in no particular order, by cows, dirt ( Read more... )

Hello all!

It's good to be back - "back" being a relative term, of course.  I hadn't actually gone anywhere - but then, I've only been home about eight hours per day for the past two weeks.

The latest AST course is everything an Army course could hope to be - relevant, informative . . . and dreadfully time-consuming.  Since we started, class has ( Read more... )

No, no . . . remain calm.  Andrew is not dead.  Merely swamped with more work than I care to discuss.  So . . . until things calm down a bit . . .

Well.  The past week has been . . . interesting.  Let's recap, shall we?

For starters, I haven't gone home on leave yet. Not necessarily a bad thing - because I managed to connive the powers that be into giving me a seat in the G2X course. Bully for me!

However . . .
I did go home briefly for my brother's graduation party - which was fun - until ( Read more... )

Oh, I am most amused . . .