Gromit peeks his head in. Checks left, checks right. All clear. Hear it comes.

Traditional Christmas Eve post. Been putting it up every year since it happened. Which was, coincidentally, the first year I had an LJ. 8 years of the most disastrous church service ever. No further introduction. Here goes.A'ight, I need to preface this by telling you ( Read more... )

Yes, it is time ( Read more... )

It is time.

I haven't really added that many friends since last year, so almost all of you know what's coming. The Christmas Eve post. It's on its 5-year anniversary now...and having just re-read it, I can assure you it still brings a tear to my eye. A tear of laughter, that is ( Read more... )

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Most people will never witness a Repatriation Ceremony from a soldier’s point of view. A Repatriation Ceremony is where a soldier who has paid the ultimate price is brought home in a final act honoring their sacrifice. The general public typically sees only the final stage as pictures of flag draped caskets in Dover, Delaware flash across the ( Read more... )

I've made up my mind ( Read more... )

Latest e-mail from Jon - intentionally NOT protected; feel free to pass along if you like. I love this guy like a brother...In my Fire Support Team I have a Mexican from Nevada that calls himself the Dirty Mexican; a Redneck from Texas who talks exactly like the redneck character on the Fox TV show “King of the Hill”; a Native American from ( Read more... )

I just woke up to the news. 4 new e-mails - 2 from LJ, one from a friend, one from mom. Mom's is entitled "Saddam." Doesn't sound like her usual subjects, open it up ( Read more... )

Need some quick LJ/HTML/LAN help ( Read more... )

One ROTC student racking up mileage on his car is Metro junior Russell Rippetoe, a 22-year-old criminal justice major ( Read more... )