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Rage
This morning on my drive to work. I was driving in the inside lane and passing another vehicle at about a 3-5 mph delta V (5 mph over the posted speed limit). I noticed another vehicle in my rear view approaching rapidly. He crawled so far up my rear that I could barely see his…
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Tackled by a Tent
One day at FOB Ridgway a group of us were standing together bullshitting as happens often in the army. Overhead, casting shade, was the canvas remains of a maintenance tent strung precariously between pegs anchored poorly in two berms about twelve feet high. One of our party had decided it was the end of times…
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That one time I googled myself.
Shortly after returning home from Iraq I searched my name. I can’t believe this blog post is still on the internet 20+ years after the fact. https://bear.typepad.com/magic_in_the_baghdad_cafe/2003/10/saving_speciali.html https://villanovan.com/17256/news/the-real-iraq-saving-spc-grey/ Long story short, I donated blood to help a complete stranger. I wonder how he’s doing now.
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Mental Health
Dilemma. I need to talk about shit. I don’t want to talk about shit. I often talk about my shit to an empty room. It doesn’t count as crazy unless he answers.
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Fuck Ukraine.
Ukraine’s government is corrupt and deserves to be deleted. The nation of Ukraine is nobody’s friend. If the rich assholes in Brussels and Davos have a problem with Russia in that space, they can hire their own soldiers and buy their own guns.