Archive for July, 2008

Today was a great day.  It was my last duty day in this unit.  Monday I begin the clearing process, then its off to flight school and Alaska!  I’ll be going in for PT (even though I don’t have to) and to give advice if needed since my replacement won’t be in until December.  Other than that, I am on my own to clear, pack, and get ready to move.

It will be so nice to finally leave the desert and move somewhere where its green (although I am not too happy about the temperature).  I am moving on into a whole new career field with flight medicine as well.  I am really looking forward to that!  No more waiting to get blown up in my humvee on patrol, sitting in overwatch for 24 hours doing nothing but cooking in the heat, and no more foot patrols. 

So the next two months will be pretty busy, but I am a least moving onward and forward.  I hope I left a lasting impression behind me and that all those green privates learned something that will keep them alive and doing what they do best. 

Open source will rule the world!!

This seems to be a real brand of cola. There was a discussion about it in one of the forums I read. I just wonder if it is GPL compliant.

If you don’t get the humor, see here.

Like most Americans, I have been thinking a lot about the War on Terror, Gas Prices, and the economy lately.  I am sure that a lot of Political Analysts, Economists, and the like have thought of this before now, but I can’t help but think that the U.S. is under attack and that the enemy has found a most efficient way of winning the war without ever firing a shot.  I am also pretty sure this is a very simplistic view of world politics.