Minimal Posting

Not that I have been posting a lot here anyhow...

But, my laptop motherboard quit a couple of days ago, and I am trying to work with DELL to get it up and running as soon as possible. Which, in DELL-speak, coupled with the mail system, could be several months...

I'll post what I can, when I can...

God Bless.

Sad Tidings

We just received news that one of our comrades from 5th Tank died in Iraq. He apparently was electrocuted while performing maintenance on a vehicle. He will be sorely missed.

Please pray for his family and friends that they may find comfort in this time of sorrow.

Mik

Wishlist

I have had several people ask me what I want...I hate answering questions like that, cos it makes me feel like a beggar...

So...I decided to just post a list of items that I would not mind having...these are not things I expect to get, nor specific requests that anyone should rush out and fill...just idle speculations of things that would be "nice".

List edited on 9 Sep 05

Books:

• Heart of a Soldier
• Street Without Joy
• Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Anything by the following authors:

• David Drake
• Harry Turtledove
• H.N. Turtletaub
• S.M. Stirling
• John Ringo
• Eric Flint
• Jerry Pournelle
• Larry Niven
• Stephen Ambrose
• Rudyard Kipling
• William Shakespeare

Movies - DVD

• Any of Kenneth Branaugh's adaptations of Shakespeare
• We Were Soldiers
• Blackhawk Down
• Star Wars (all)
• Indiana Jones Trilogy
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• Twelfth Night
• Babylon 5
• Forever Knight
• Anne of Green Gables
• Anne of Avonlea
• Any John Wayne movies
• Any movies from the 50s and earlier

Music by any of the following artists:

• Petra
• Phil Collins
• Pat Green
• Roger Creager
• Gary P. Nunn
• Brian Burns
• George Strait
• Huey Lewis
• Dire Straits
• Aaron Tippen
• Alabama
• Barenaked Ladies
• Billy Dean
• Buddy Jewel
• Brad Paisely
• Chris LeDoux
• Garth Brooks
• Darryl Worley
• Diamond Rio
• Emerson Drive
• Gary Allen
• Genesis
• The Irish Rovers
• Jim Croce
• Marty Robbins
• Keith Urban
• Kenny Chesney
• LeeAnn Womak
• JoDee Messina
• Sarah Evans
• Shania Twain
• Lone Star
• Martina McBride
• Midnight Oil
• Nickel Creek
• Phil Vassar
• Radney Foster
• Rascal Flatts
• Robert Earl Keen
• Savage Garden
• The Scorpions
• The Beatles
• Sixpence None The Richer
• Steve Azar
• Steve Holy
• Tracy Byrd
• Toby Keith
• Traveling Wilbury's
• Suzy Boggus
• The Eagles

Games:

• Axis & Allies: Revised Edition
• Axis & Allies: Europe
• Axis & Allies: Pacific
• Heavy Gear 2 (PC)
• Any Heavy Gear Products from Dream Pod 9

Electronics:

• Logitech Trackball
• Ergonomic Keyboard
• USB 2.o Hub
• External Harddrive

Well, the army would call this a Dream Sheet...things you'd like, but don't expect to actually get...for me...going home will be the best thing ever.

Long absence

Wow...sorry about the long delay...

A little over a week ago, I was sitting in my room watching a movie and sucking on a piece of Laffy Taffy, when suddenly I felt something hard in the Laffy Taffy. I pulled it out and examined it. It was silver and metallic...and I noticed that something was missing. My crown!!

It took a couple of days, but I managed to catch a flight out to the nearest base with a dentist. Kandahar Air Field (KAF), also known as Strandahar because of the difficulties faced with catching a flight back out.

Well, I arrived too late to see the dentist the first day. When I finally got over to the dentist's office, I was told that the dentist had just left on a mission and would not be back for a week.

I was...unhappy...very unhappy.

KAF boast a PX, Burger King, Pizza Hut, and Subway...and as nice as all these things are...they are merely ways to separate a GI from his money, and the prospect of an extended stay at Strandahar did not fill me with any exuberence. Not to mention the fact that our logistics cell (the people that sort our mail from that of other bases, as well as order supplies for us) have a nasty tendency to put all the strays to work...another unpalatable prospect.

I went back to the dental assistant that day to see what I could do, and was told (as I was not on my first trip up there that day) that I could be fitted with a temporary crown to tide me over until I returned to KAF on my way home for leave.

So, that was done...and still, I had to wait another 3 days to catch a flight back to Farah...

Now...finally back, and working my rear off...wondering why I did not stay in quiet restful Kandahar....

Not really...it was quiet there, but I really would rather be with my crew here at the Farah Medium Security Institute for Wayward Boys.

Ah...additional note, a couple of days ago we experienced a most unusual meteorological phenomena....water fell from the sky...

We were awed and amazed. And about 20 min later, you could not tell anything had happened at all...

Heh...life here is never dull.