BEST BEER EVER

I may be going out on a limb here, but i think i may very well have stumbled, literally, upon the best beer ever, and Mr. Griffin agrees...it is called Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse http://www.franziskaner.com/ and Holey Cheesus eets guut. Anyhow, its hard to describe, its like liquid nirvana...go out and buy a few bottles, or do what i did go to the Saucer, or any fine beer house specializing in anything other than the domestic breed of beer, though i do love my bud light, and sample this small slice of alcoholic heaven for yourself...

World Market carries this brand....and like i said man is it good....enjoy...im outie.

and yeah i know its been a long time....check me out on yahoo 360
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beer and doritos

beer and doritos, is there anything better?...well sex of course, but that goes without saying, i mean, unless the sex really sux, and it would have to be really really bad sex...hang on..is there such a thing? i mean hell even solo sex is good, unless you suck really bad yourself (figuratively speaking, dont break your neck or anything) so anyhow, yeah i suppose in the grand scheme of things there are lots of things better than doritor and beer, like say fajitas and beer. or pizza and beer, or pizza and fajitas and beer, with doritos. you know when i started this blog it was to spew my opinion of kerry and his commie, botox dependant wife and her frigging tomatoes, but now the world is all good again, bush is still in the white house, kerry went where ever a kerry goes this time of the year, i think its the bahamas, maybe nantucket...who knows...anyhow, so where was i oh yeah...doritos and beer, yeah there are probably worse things, but at least i have my doritos, and my beer and my fajitas if i want em...thank God however that i do not have a heinz in the white house...because then id be stuck with tomatoes...so raise your glass, and crucnch all you want, because they will always make more

What a waste

What a waste this weekend was, i swear i think my ass grew an inch or two in width from sitting in my freaking chair the whole time, today is my friday, and tomorrow is my sunday, i get one day off because of the damn reservists. this sux, to make things worse, the only beer i will probably enjoy will be while sitting in front of this infernal contraption here later on. The more things change the more they stay the same.

Marine in Texas

Marine in Texas
Freaking reservists man, im telling you, what a wasted day....this is what i did today

1. ran about a mile and a half.
2. went directly to the gas chamber after running...

tonnes of fun....i can only hope that tomorrow is half as fun as today...

oh well at least its dreary, overcast, cold and raining.

Marine in Texas

Marine in Texas

what the hell is blog this?

I LOVE THIS PICTURE 

NUFF SAID

I LOVE THIS PICTURE...SAYING THAT....BEFORE YOU JUDGE TO HARSHLY.
TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK ABOUT....

1. THE THOUSANDS KILLED ON 9/11.
2. THE THOUSANDS KILLED SINCE 9/11.
3. THE THOUSAND PLUS WHO HAVE DIED AT THE HANDS OF THIS "VICTIMS" COHORTS.
4. THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS MORE THAT WILL DIE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES
BECAUSE A BUNCH OF GOVERNMENT WEINIES ARE HOLDING US BACK FROM DOING WHAT IT
TAKES TO GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED.
5. AND FINALLY WHEN THE NEXT TERRORIST ATTACK OCCURS ON OUR GROUND, AND WHILE YOUR
BUSY PUTTING YOUR FLAGS AND YELLOW RIBBONS BACK OUTSIDE, SINCE SO MANY OF YOU
OBVIOUSLY HAVE PUT THEM AWAY, IF YOU CAN EVEN FIND THEM...THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO LIVE IN WORLD WHERE YOU DIDNT HAVE TO WORRY TERRORISM
EVERY DAY.


THINK ABOUT THAT....THEN CONDEMN ME FOR MY WORDS, AND CONDEMN MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN ARMS BOTH AT HOME OVERSEAS, AND FROM DISTANT SOILS...FOR DOING WHAT IT TOOK TO MAKE SURE YOUR FREEDOM COST A LITTLE LESS...BECAUSE FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. AND SOMEONES GOTTA PAY...DONT MAKE IT BE YOU, DONT MAKE IT BE ME, DONT MAKE IT BE YOUR MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER, OR EVEN A BEST FRIEND...AS THE OLD SAYING GOES THAT WAS POPULARIZED BY GENERAL GEORGE PATTON....LET THAT POOR DUMB SON OF A BITCH DIE FOR HIS COUNTRY...I WANT TO LIVE FOR MINE.

My new baby 2 months and 2 days old 

2 Months and 2 Days

Well its official. The wife went and had a sonogram today. Above this posting is a pic of my child, the blurry yellow writing say "baby"... So 2 months and 2 days ago my super sperm broke through her birth control..and now ima gonna be a daddy again. Very exciting stuff. I would expect no less from any daughter or son of mine...than to "damn the torpedos full speed ahead" their way into this world past birth control. Im sure there is tons more i could write, but for now, im pooped. I gotta PT in the morning, you know "good for you, good for me" OOOHRAH, Gung ho, etc...etc... well the gung ho needs to come from somewhere so its bedtime for bongo, see ya'll later.

NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY IVE BEEN "FASCINATED" 

Its been a while part deux

It has been a while hasnt it? well there is not a whole lot going on. I went to an arena football game the other day. It was great fun. Though that really doenst say why i havent written. I just havent really had much to say. I have been working, quite a bit. This is really sounding a bit dull, even to me! I have been fascinated here lately by illustrtated erotica, and pinup girls the coolest site for pinup/comic book hotties i have found has been a website called the painted anvil. Dont quote me but i think its http://thepaintedanvil.com/index.html (tons of awesome links) if not then just type the painted anvil in your browser bar. That and Druuna, There are probably not very many of you at all who even know who Druuna is, its a long story, but when i was growing up i ran accross Druuna in the pages of Heavy Metal Magazine. I have found an outstanding website dedicated solely to her and her creator Serpieri. I have probably 100 or so pictures i downloaded from the official Druuna site...Is that odd? maybe, but as the old saying goes..."its not a lot, but its a life" anyhow i will put some links on here to the pages i mentioned and hopefully later i can think of some riveting stuff to write, right now however i am beat, its seems i have caught my pregnant wifes flu...yucko...hi ho, hi ho, off ot work i go, it must be nice to be a civilian..to be able to call in sick, etc...etc...I feel guily even thinking about being sick, and thats because i was out for 30 days from shoulder surgery, speaking of which, i finally got a referall to a doctor in Corpus Christi, to hopefully put my collar bone back in place, it kinda sucks walking around all day having you collarbone move hither and thither, when its supposed to move NO FREAKING WHERE, but ah well i digress, its not painful, though at the end of the day it does become bothersome, but i would really really like to get it fixed. The thought of doing a forward shoulder roll and having it puncture my larynx is a bit disconcerting, maybe its just me, but again i digress, and with that digression i will close. I will try to think of provocative, riveting stuff to write on here tomorrow, or later, but for now thats all i got. im outie...

Snow days aint free after all

Well the word came down today about 1400 that tomorrow would be a regular work day, which sux, but is really no big deal. I live about a mile from my shop, so i would have probably gotten bored and gone in anyway. But on the other hand it sux. I mean we worked all weekend, when the reservists come and visit us this is generally how it goes. It can go one of two ways. During a regular drill they show up saturday morning and leave sunday afternoon. During a five drill, like we had this last weekend, they show up friday night, and leave sunday afternoon. In both cases we get the following monday, and friday off, since we worked the weekend. In this case however, we got a half ass snow day, and get to come in all day tomorrow. Im not very up on my math, but the numbers just dont jive. Oh well thats life in the Marine Corps. Semper Gumby, good thing I didnt plan anything for tomorrow, but sleep.

snow day in Texas

Well I got out of work today at noon, which is a good thing because I think I was going border line hypothermia. It was freaking freezing today. There were warnings of flurries today, none yet, but there were warnings so my command cut everyone loose at noon, and not back to work till noon tomorrow ie..A snow day. I was outside all morning though from 715 till about noon teaching a class. You see on top of everything else IM a martial arts instructor for the Marine Corps, if you've never read my blog before go back a ways and you'll see what that's all about, anyhow IM teaching a brown belt class this week, it should prove a lot of fun, but I have a feeling its going to be postponed due to the weather, which honestly is fine with me, I was already freaking exhausted from freezing my arse off all this morning anyhow. I went to Bennigans for lunch with some buddies mine. Talk about honesty for a second, IM a fajita fiend, I love fajitas, so I ask the waiter if the fajitas are any good. He was nice enough to say no they were not. Ive been very disappointed as of late with the fajita fare around here. Now granted this is not south Texas, home of the fajita, or Southern California where the sorry excuse for fajitas is called Carne Asada, basically skinny, stringy meat, not to awful yucky but not by any stretch of the imagination fajitas. The only fajitas I have found that are worth a damn are at a carneceria (Spanish for meat market) down the road, that I help out with a little extra attention from yours truly...now those were freaking good, not my greatest attempt but better than any of the crapitas ive found around here. So anyhow, back to my day off, so the waiter was nice enough to tell me their fajitas sucked, so I had a blue cheese burger instead. not bad, but not fajitas. So at least I get to relax a few hours more than usual, I get to sleep in a few hours more than usual and I have Friday off. Now you see why I love my job, Now I just have to find some decent fajitas....

post script

Its my day off, officially now...so if anyone would like to chat or just comment i can be reached at justmeintheusmc@yahoo.com , my yahoo id is the same or you can just leave a comment on here...see ya soon....Rob

Its Friday...

Well for you its sunday or monday depending on if your reading this at zero dark thirty or zero nine'ish. Im on beer number 7, directly following cocktails, or girly drink number two plus 8 or so beers, im watching discovery channel and watching "earning the title" a documentary about recruit training, my hunger is replenished, my thirst however is unsatiated, all i ever wanted to be is a United States Marine, now i would like nothing better than to make Marines. Can there be any greater honor? There are a few i can think of, only one comes blazing into mind though. Fatherhood, you see im the father of a ten year old, but at the moment im the father of a ten year old, and the father of a currently undisclosed year old, i think my son or daughter is about two weeks, maybe three weeks old..yup you guessed it....Were pregnant again, after ten years..and i cant stop touching her and cant stop kissin her belly, because my son or daughter or both is in there...What is more important the title of United States Marine or the title of Dad? Both can be capitalized. only one helps my future son or daughter be ushured into the world free. Freedom isnt free, and i promised her that once son or daughter (or both) were firmly ensconched into coming into the world that her working days were over...or just begining? anyhow, despite all the problems in my life, to which only one reader of my blog is privey...i think im going to try and "drop" my drill instructor, or school house instructor package. at this juncture it may be time to give back. I love my life, I love my Corp, which is more improtant? maybe both, ive done my time, but i absolutely love my job, i cannot reiterate that enough. can i? or cant i? God, Corps, Country, Family...what order do they actually fall in? Is it like scrabble and you just mix em up, and try to make something out of em? or do you sit and think about it, pull out your morale dictionary and thesauraus, and try to score some major points?

Damn Reservists

I miss the FMF. Thats the Fleet Marine Force, for those of you who dont habla. I miss the days of constant stress, long days of dealing with the squadrons and the other work centers. I really do. People, civilians, Marines, Sailors, etc...etc....think im kidding when i say i love my job. I really do. How many people can honestly say they love their job, well however many of them there are, add one. There is nothing better than waking up at zero dark thirty, and walking into a room full of Marines, and now Sailors. That whole thing about Marines and Sailors not getting along is bumpcuss as far as im concerned, in my shop anyhow. We get along just fine. It was a very long day today, all two of my reservists didnt show up, imagine that. so i get to do lots of paperwork tomorrow, no big deal. Id rather be filling out paperwork than sitting in a theatre all day, which is the plan for tomorrow. We are havign a safety stand down. So i get an entire afternoon, of "dont drink and drive" and if you do "wear a condom". they dont really say that...i wish they would, it certainly would make the driving part more interesting. I read a friends blog today about how her son (a baby) discovered his penis.(click on damn reservists above to read all about it) how he cant stop pulling on it, when giving the chance, its a natural thing and after all hes just a baby. I got news for her well actually from her blog...not really news at all..because here it is thirty five years since i was a baby...and i still pull on mine, given the opportunity and circumstance. just kidding (sort of) but i thought i'd end this blog on a upbeat note, im pretty tired and i gotta long day of sittin on my ass tomorrow..so see y'all later....im outie.

i think you get the idea....mmmm fajitas...mmm beer 

Just a bit more before i hit the hay

Well here i sit, enjoying a nice cold bud lite and a nice zesty strip of fajita. It was like 29 degrees this weekend, so what did i do? I barbequed, 3lbs of fajitas and cowboy potatoes (spelling i guess i should ask dan quail), by the way i know theres no "e" in it. anyhow, the fajita is good, and the beer is better. I just got through cleaning my office, a spare closet that is very big has bookshelf after bookshelf in it, along with my computer and a door that locks, very important for late nights of "research". Anyhow it was a mess, now its an organized mess, at the very least i know where everything is, labeled, collated, and tucked away....geez i am a packrat. The damn reservists are coming this weekend, the only good part about that is that i get to sleep in a little tomorrow (so im having a few brewhahas, and a fajita) the down side is i gotta be at work at noon, till about 8 or so, then at work all weekend. Yet another upside is that i will have next monday and friday off, but I love my job so i will probably go in anyhow, besides, like my office at home my office at work is in need of some manipulation, and reorginization. I just took over for a buddy, who is still a very good friend, but jeeezus did he leave a mess of things. That was like a month ago, and im just now figuring out what he did, or more to the point didnt do. Now like my office its time to label, collate, but in this case untuck things that have been hiden for a while. Sigh...I Love my Job, I Love my Job, I love my Job. Repeat this till it turns into a mantra and take two beers a fajita and call me in the morning....did i mention that I love my job...Damn my fajita got cold...oh well at least my beer didnt get hot.

chain me to the wall

I just got through reading on yahoo news how prisoners, muslims go figure, were severely tortured at guantanemo bay cuba. they were subjected to scantily clad female interegators sporting mini skirts and thongs, females "rubbing and touching themselves", in order to illicit confession, well endowed females parading about in skimpy t-shirts minus brassiers...to quote pepe the little chihuahua in Oliver, remember the disney spoof of oliver twist starring a cartoon cat, a billy joel beagle and cheech marin as go figure, a chihuahua. "if this is torture....chain me to the wall", I usually have to beg for this kind of treatment, i think i need to put in for orders to guantanemo (spelling?) bay, cuba....half nekid girls walking around trying to get me talk....They better start stocking up on ear muffs and hearing protection, cuz ima gonna sing like a songbird. (in my best Homer voice) stupid lucky muslims....

go figure...

By EDWARD HARRIS, Associated Press Writer

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A senior Islamic leader warned foreign relief workers Friday of a serious backlash from Muslims if they bring Christian proselytizing to tsunami-struck Sumatra along with humanitarian help.

To those few who responeded to my previous post relating to the upside of the tsunami killing untold numbers of muslims.....

I TOLD YOU SO...

To Quote one of my favorite quotes...

KILL EM ALL' LET GOD SORT 'EM OUT

i figured after that bit of moribidity (is that a word? i would go ahead and write some more) ...oh and for those of you who keep up..the damn cat is finally out of heat, i think she was in heat for like a week and a half it was terrible, the mewing, the begging, the @$&* (explective deleted) look in her eyes everytime i entered the room, oh and last saturday, at least i think it was saturday ended up being 20 or so beers, with about a gallon of water and 6 motrin, tada..no hangover, and missing 20 beers, not a bad trade off though i do miss the beers. So i went out and bout 18 more to keep the few i had in reserve company (they were very appreciative), but soon gasped seeing as how inside the last few minutes or so they have seen four of their brothers go to meet their maker, my beer of choice as of late is bud light, though i tend to burn myself out on things i like, there was a stint there where i was in a shiner bock phase but, now cant really stand em, they taste a bit skunky now. so anyhow, i think bud light is my fall back beer of choice, that or its older more crochety brother bud. I just got through watching the amazing new rendition of Battlestar Gallactica on SciFi, it was awesome, seeing as how the two hour teaser aired last, March I think? i have been counting the months till tonight, for those of you who missed it, i taped it, i really need to build a "tivo" computer like a good buddy of mine was talking about, i mean the tracking lines or static, or whatever the hell that noise on the screen is during vhs playback does take me back to the days of yester year, my discerning eye demands more and more lines of resolution...i need to build a tivo computer...I have very few pleasures in life..lifting weights (sortof), good food, sweets (im a sweet fiend, lately macadamia cookies...drool), anyhow, list of pleasures ...not very long but most of em are on the seven deadly sins list so i guess they are gooduns or baduns depending on how one views these sort of things. anyhow i will go ahead and close for now, but i hope to write more soon...see ya..

Saturday night

Well here I sit on a Saturday night. Ive ( so far ) had about a 12 pack...to no effect, the most excitement ive received thus far has been the damn cat, in heat...again..i dont know what it is about our new address that puts them into heat...but fortunately or unfortunately it has had the opposite effect on me. ive read your responses...those of my few readers, and you are numbererd, and few, but not un...or ever under..Appreciated, and have come to no conclusions. I filled my explorer up today and bumped into a retired Master Guns. As i returned from filling my explorer with 22dollars worth of our nations mid grade finest he stopped me, after obviously seeing the requisite EGA, or Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (for those of you who dont habla) on my rear window. and asked me how i liked it here, that he had just retired here from san diego..i lied, (a little) told him it was great...but not for a first termer. Heaven forbid some young devil dog should make it out to the reserveres (0f which i most happily am not a part) by circumventing the fleet...Its almost inhumane. While I am by no stretch a seasoned veteran I have very much in my own way seen more than my fair share of the world...my fair share of third world countries, my fair share of sin, debauchery, and slovenliness to shake a person to their core (and that's before i even joined the corp) to frighten the most hedonistic of souls. It would almost be inhumane to send a fresh young new pup out
"thisaway" without the benefit of serving in the real fleet. but i digress...anyhow i told the retired Master Guns that it was great here...that the weather although inclimate as it is at present is fantastic the people make up for it. Ive made some very interesting friends out here ( i never thought i would have a lawyer on speed dial,(id rather have a punch or two to the face) .....ooops...thats enough about my personal life especially the last couple of months) very real friends...to make me be able to say ive enjoyed my time here, but in short am waiting to prd (yes senor webb that was for you) because i just need to try and leave some bad vibes and memories behind...well enough for now...i will wait till i am more, or maybe less sobre to continue this rant or rave..or is it both...anyhow see y'all soon...me

ITS BEEN A WHILE

My last post was nov 15. Man you want to talk about a very busy, and not really in a good way month and a half it has been. Where does one pick up? Where does one start? Why do I keep asking what "one" would do and wonder about where I start. The beginning is usually a good place, or at least a good a place as the middle, or three quarters of the way through, but the end is never a good place to start. What fun is that? Its like cliff notes, yeah you know the plot line and the characters but in the words of brundlefly, you just dont get the flavor of the meat, because you havent gotten to experience any of it first hand. Well enough of the existential nonsense lets get cracking.

So what has happened in the last month and a half...well for starters, Many service members have died, and will continue to die, until we are allowed to unleash the hounds and fight back the way our military trains us to. Its time to take off the "nice gloves" and put on the "not so nice gloves". Kid gloves were not meant for war. We can leave the oneupsmanship to the politicians, as ive said in previous postings, though my views, and ideas may not be the most popular on the block in the long run they would work. The left wants us to pull out, they want us to concede the battle "oh woe is us" another vietnam, well guess what there jackass (lefties) David Hasslehoff just landed in vietnam, on the first domestic flight to vietnam in forever, so their democracy works (insert sound of a big fat raspberry here) granted it may have taken 40 years but sometimes you gotta break some eggs.

Everyone out there raise your hands who thinks this conflict in Iraq is going to end as soon as the elections take place raise your hands. WRONG...Everyone out there who thinks this will go on for the next 40 years or so raise your hands. RIGHT...This war has been raging for the last couple of thousand years...The freaking Muslims, well most of em any way hate us. There is no nice way to put it, no nice way at all. They live to kill us so they can go up with allah and collect their virgins. They live to fight against all that is Christian. Put some horns on our heads and hand us a pitchfork, because that is how they see us. So what is going to have to happen is exactly this. We are going to either have to kill all of the Muslim's, all the insurgents, all the sleeper cells all the ragheads who hate us, or were going to have to wait 40 years or so, till the majority of them die off naturally. Its just the way things are.

I heard on MSNBC today about how the area where the tidal wave hit was inhabited by millions of Zunni muslims, now im no expert on muslimism or whatever the hell its called but i got me an idea what they can build a sea wall out of, bones make good mortar, and skulls could make some good bricks...so like i said lets get cracking.

re: shooting of wounded iraqi's

"War is Hell"

Any Soldier,
Any War.

BODY COUNT

Well it seems that the Associated Press is finally releasing a partial list of the number of dead bad guys over in Fallujah. Approximately 1000 dead insurgents, plus approximately 200 captured, I sincerely hope these are conservative estimates. About 20 of my brothers in arms have laid down their lives in Fallujah. That puts the ratio at about 50:01. I want it to be more like 100:00. Im biased of course, im certain there are others out the like The Penn's, the Sarandon's, and the Mahers out there that wish we would have massive troop casualties, that perhaps they would show an anguished Iraqi Militant holding up the body of a dead boy (who they use to watch their backs with AK's while they are firing off RPG's, trust me, I know) So they could say, "See I told you so", or "We have no business over there (spreading freedom)", so they could spit on our boys when they come home. They will criticize us for killing the bad guys, while at the same time praising the justice system for condemning the likes of Scott Peterson for the pre-meditated murder of his wife and unborn child, but at the same time condemning the same system for possibly (hopefully) sentencing him to the death penalty. You cannot walk the fence here people. Bad Guys Deserve To Die!!! Now what they oughta do is, now that they have convicted him, Do what our enemies do to us, Take Mr. Peterson out back (southern term), and get "Passion of the Christ" on him. Dont you think that would be more of a deterrent to other "ner-do-wells", than him going quietly into a penitentiary, appeal after appeal, till he eventually dies of natural causes, at our expense?, on the same hand, shouldn't we be doing the same thing in Fallujah, Baghdad, and the Zuni triangle that our enemies are doing to us? Torturing, beating, beheading these insurgents we capture? Its a real shame, in my eyes, that we have become such as politically correct society that we have to change the way we fight wars, we have to change the ways we defend our inherent freedoms? Is it because were better than that? Is it because it goes against human nature, not to mention the Geneva Convention? Im certain there are many many reasons why we cannot unleash the hounds and tear our enemies, and our criminals bit to bit, but I will be damned if I can figure out. Its one of those "If I were the President?" questions. Would that turns us into what we detest? Would it turn us into what we deplore? Or would it give us the tools we need in order to get the job done, finally, and for good? There is a very old saying that goes "The Enemy of my Enemy, is my friend". In this case the Enemy of my Enemy is us. There are a lot of us who need to get a clue as to what being a friend is all about. That need to realize that the promulgation of freedom is a real agenda. That need to realize that sometimes Might, does indeed make right. To realize that they are Americans, to realize that having enough money to have a Swiss bank acct. Does not make one Swedish. No one is neutral in the war on terrorism, or on the case for against the death penalty, There is two sides. Are you on the right one? In reference to my last post...KILL EM ALL, LET GOD SORT THEM OUT.

im outie...

Bill Maher getting what he deserves

Well it seems that Bill Maher, upon whom I have directed my reflections upon several times , actually is an idiot, and all this time I thought he just played one on TV.

Seems the idiot (and pinko/commie/bastich) has been caught making promises he can not keep, ie..living with a black girlfriend, who he racially insulted, offered marriage, and forced to vote for kerry...not particularly in this order.

By the way please don't think im racist because I mentioned that he has a black girlfriend, im just saying that because the article I read mentioned that she is black, and that he racially maligned her. Karma baby, what comes around, goes around. Bill Maher is an asshole, and he deserves every bit of grief he can find, but it seems that he doesnt need to look very hard, it comes looking for assholes like him.

KILL EM ALL, LET GOD SORT THEM OUT.

This is an exerpt from an interview of a citizen, who was afraid to divulge his/her name, in the Iraqi city of fallujah..

"People are afraid of even looking out the window because of snipers," he said, asking that he not be named for his own safety. "The Americans are shooting anything that moves."


Many, if not most, of Fallujah's 200,000 to 300,000 residents fled the city before the assault. It is impossible to determine how many civilians who were not actively fighting the Americans or assisting the insurgents may have been killed.



PLEASE NOTE THAT THE REPORTER SAID, "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE HOW MANY CIVILIANS MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED" THAT KIND OF PUTS A SLANT ON THINGS, DOESNT IT? I SAY ITS THEIR OWN DAMN FAULT, AND I CAN HARDLY WAIT TILL SOME NUMBERS COME OUT. THAT WAY THE DEATHS OF MY BROTHERS IN ARMS, INCLUDING THE BRAVE IRAQI'S WHO HAVE JOINED WITH THE IRAQI ARMY UNDER OUR TUTELAGE, CAN BE JUSTIFIED. IM GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING I HAVE SAID IN OTHER POSTS, AS TO HOW MANY INSURGENTS, OR IRAQIS HAVE BEEN KIA'd, WHAT I HAVE SAID IS, "WHO CARES?" WHEN YOU HAVE AN ENEMY WHO SHIELDS ITSELF WITH ITS OWN WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, THEY DESERVE TO DIE, EVERY STINKING LAST ONE OF THEM.

KILL EM ALL, LET GOD SORT THEM OUT.

Heres to you and to our Corps

I just got through watching a National Geographic Special regarding Arlington National Cemetery. I was recently able to visit Washington D.C. last year during a conference which was held in Maryland. We of course flew in and out of Dulles, so we were afforded a spectacular view of the city as we came in at night. The monuments were quiet spectacular in the glow of their individual spotlights, but one cannot truly appreciate their majesty from several hundred feet in the air at night. My conference lasted five days, three of actual conferencing, while the fourth and fifth days were reserved for travel back to California. The fourth day we spent in Washington where I met a friend of mine at the Iwo Jima Memorial. I have seen the cast of the memorial in Harlingen Texas at the Marine Military Academy http://www.marinemilitaryacademy.com The cast is the same in appearance, but the Actual Iwo Jima Memorial is situated in the center of Arlington National Cemetery. I am a bit sad to report that I did not pay it its due. I look back now and I remember that I was thinking that it was just a place that I was meeting a friend, a well-known landmark easy for him to find, central to the city as it is built on a hub. I am ashamed now, that is not to say that I did not feel honored, that is not to say that I did not feel a sense of awe, that is not to say that I didn’t recognize the fact that I was standing where thousands of my fellow Marines had stood gazing up at the masterpiece created by the renowned artist and sculptor, Dr. Felix de Weldon. I do bow my head though shame facedly at the fact that I was more concerned with meeting a buddy who I hadn’t seen for a while for a night of drinks and revelry, than with paying tribute to those who have gone before me. You know now that I think about it I have to rethink all of what ive just written. For those of you who don’t know, the Marine Corps was founded 229 years ago today, it was founded in a tavern in Philadelphia, more specifically The Tun Tavern, our first recruiter was a the owner of the tavern

So perhaps I judge myself to harshly. Marines were born in a Tavern, so it is only fitting that I meet a fellow Marine at our most revered memorial, in order to celebrate our heritage, history, and brotherhood, with a night of carousing and trouble making in the shadow of our Nations seat of power, and home to many, many taverns bars, and im more than certain houses of ill repute. So in retrospect,

“Heres to you and to our Corps,
Which we are proud to Serve.”

Semper Fidelis,
And Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday Chesty Where ever you are

Well tomorrow, November 10th, is the 229th birthday of my beloved Corps. Its going to be a busy morning, as we have a very early formation where we will recognize the fact that it has been 229 years since the second continental congress brought my beloved Corps into being.

Please remember that my brothers in arms are kicking in doors in Fallujah today, even as you read this post. A very unlucky few will pay the ulitmate price in order to stop the oppression and tyranny of others. Pray for them, Pray for all military service members in harms way. Im not going to get real elaborate or go on any rants.

I just want to put this out to all my brothers and sisters in arms.

Happy Birthday Devil Dogs,
and, Semper Fidelis.

fallujah..again

Well I must say im very happy, and yet sad, that we are again, storming fallujah. A few of my Brothers may fall, that is the sad tragedy of war, but for every one of my brothers in arms who fall, many insurgents will have been killed first.

I must reiterate an earlier point here, there are a few websites ive seen out there that are keeping tabs on the number of our KIA service members, why isnt there a website (if someone knows of one, please let me know) that is keeping tabs of the number of insurgent KIA'd? One reason possibly, who cares? The more quite frankly the better. The war on terrorism isnt going to be over anytime soon ladies and gents, not until all these insurgents and radical muslims are killed...that is a simple fact, (yet another quick fact, one of my fellow Marines not to mention one of my fellow Martial Arts instructors is a Muslim, the good kind).

Am I happy about the fact that my fellow Marines are dying 12000 miles from home. No. hold on I mean HELL NO, Am I happy that freedom and democracy is being spread around the globe, a deep resounding Yes. Do I wish I was kicking in doors with my fellow Marines, perhaps, Im not going to sit here and cavalierly answer yes, because im certain that war is a terrible, terrible, yet necessary thing. I spent my time in Iraq, more specifically in the Persian Gulf last year during the invasion. and although I never sent any rounds down range, given the chance I would proudly have stood along side my brothers and done so with a clear conscience. I was watching bill maher (you have to keep tabs of these jackasses you really do) And Susan Saranadon was on there complaining about how the Democrats didnt get out the vote. How they failed to get the young people of America out to vote, I wonder if she took into acct the million or so sevice members? probably not, since we dont figure into the Robbins/Saranadon mold of being young people, by the way...Why the hell havent they gotten Married yet? Do they qualify as Married? I know of (perhaps not personally, but I know a lot of Gay folks out there who may take issue with them, let me point out I have no idea where the saranadons stand on gay rights, the only thing they are good at is Bush bashing) Did you know that more democrats voted during this election than have in a very very long time, maybe ever?...Good thing that the Replubicans answered in kind. Im sorry im ranting and raving, moving from one topic to the next, without a whole lot of ryhme, or reason, ive also said that my grammar sux before too, but my command of the language aint to awful bad ( and I know that aint, aint a word)...

I like everyone else am very curious about what the next four years has to offer. Bill Maher asked Mrs Saranadon who the dems had to counter the Republican agenda in say 2008? She said she didnt know...I also read in the news today that Howard Dean is considered or considering Heading the Dems...that would be perfect...(AAFREAAdsfa (unintelligible Dean Scream anyone?) perhaps he should use that maniac that almost got voted in to office in 2000 Gore as his running mate. That would be a freaking match made in heaven...oh wait the dems dont believe in God, Jesus but they sure as hell believe in Allah...according to Bill Maher ( oh wait he just believes in a "force", I dont know why I hate Maher so much? perhaps its his communistic ideas, and yeah im sure he could debate me under the table (is that what he would be doing down there?) I know he's not a communist...he's just an asshole he has not one iota of respect for our nations highest office, maybe its because he spent half his life high, Sure he and other lefties will jump up and say GW did drugs, and abused alcohol...but he found God, and God forgives...the "force" doesnt? at least I dont think so....enough ranting for now...more tomorrow, or sometime this week, Thank a Veteran, Happy Birthday Chesty! Wherever you are...because Bill Maher and his Democratic buddys sure wont...Semper Fi...Im outie.

democrats are full of shit

i juts got through reading on yahoo news about how the democrats are saying theyve just suffered a minor setback, if you call getting slammed in their bid to take over the white house "a minor setback", then yeah i guess minor setback is a good a phrase as any. (its funny how Kerry/Edwards sign littered the damn landscape, but now poof they are gone...lol) They also talk about Bush running a devisive campaign, its the dems who at every turn bad mouth the President. I swear Democrats are such pathetic liars, its would be funny to listen to if these asses werent running the country. WMD's, blah, blah, blah, has anyone stopped to think that perhaps the whole of the nation of islam is a WMD, at least the radical types. All i gotta say is the Democratic friends of Germany, France, and allah are lucky this Marine wasnt elected to this Nations Highest office, right after i exported Bruce Springsteen, Susan Saradon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn, just to name a few. I would Nuke Iraq back into the stone age, and set up an oil field. That way all the aforementioned "activists" could drive their Escalades, and Private Jets on their way to Canada, Mexico, or wherever the hell they wanted to. Anywhere but here.

stuff about work

well ive been back at work now for roughly a day....not much has changed. We have some new guys at work, i guess its good that i left, it gave the new guys time to get used to the place and find their niche before i took a hand in things. All i can say is that im glad to be back at work. It was sorta nice recuperating around the house for the last month, but it does tend to get old, no big deal though, because in the end...you can only clean the house so much, you can only watch so much tv. you gotta go back to work sometime. and believe you me...it was time.

Happy Halloween

Well here we are just about everyones favorite holiday. Or at least one of the top five. I bought like $20 worth of candy to hand out to the kiddo's tonight. It should make for an intesting evening of, if nothing else, tummy aches and mosquito bites. I have spent the last three days watching horror movies. Which is what i like to do on my time off, relax with my familiy, eat some good food, watch some good movies and wait till monday morning shows up. Its not much, but its a life, or is it everything? What is it everyone looks for in a mate, in a family? Common interests is one thing...what are all the others? well here it is a day since i started this entry, lets see...halloween went well, my kid mada a pretty good haul, a decent size thunder/lighting/rain storm came in around 930 or so, which is fine because we were done for the evening anyhow. The only bad part was that my kid is already afraid of the dark, and the weekend of scary movies didnt help so it made for a rough night last night, oh well it builds character, and makes me miss sleep, but as the vikings say, pleanty of time to sleep when you are dead...not much else going on...i will write more later.

one more thing

I was reading a couple of the other blogger pages on here, the names escape me, but there names are not really important. Now i need to say this the right way, both of them said the same exact thing. Both were very Pro-Kerry / Anti Bush. One mentioned moveon.org the other a slew of other liberal based web sites in the habit of Bush bashing. Apparently the dems have an assload of money, if they can afford to put guys on here in order lambast the President on multiple blog sites.
Speaking of money.
Mrs. Heinz, oops sorry kerry,( and granted this old news, but its in context, bear with me.) Mrs Kerry came out wondering if the First Lady had ever had a real job, EXCUSE ME MISS BORN WITH A PLATINUM TIFFANY SPOON IN HER MOUTH.
I dont recall any stories of her (Mrs Heinz) exploits into agriculture or canning or whatver the hell goes into the Heinz cash crop. That spoiled blue blood just assumed no one else, extremely inclusive of herself has never had a real job, hers being counting money and being a loud mouth. Laura Bush was a school teacher, and Librarian for years. I wager Mrs Kerrys family bought her a very good education, and im certain she owns a few books of tape, probably regarding the pros and cons of Botox and marrying down, quite possibly the Communist Manifeto (is that on tape?, or the collected works of comrade Fonda) anyhow, who in the hell is she to talk? Now granted this is about where she would tell me to shove it, or whatever it was she said a few months back, and then tried to cover her faux pas by calling it "womens lib" or some such trite nonesense, instead of just calling it what it was, RUDE. my point? hmmm..not really certain that i have one, i just felt like ramling a bit, but i suppose it could be that i dont know where in the world the democrats and liberals get their numbers or who in the world they are polling, must be Bill Maher (however you spell it). and all the wonderful people at move on, because every single person except for two, and i know a LOT of people, most of them Marines are voting for Bush. So mrs heinz can be as rude as she wants, her husband can throw all the medals he wants onto the white house lawn. Because President Bush will still be there to pick them up, and present them with graet honor and dignity to Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen who are deserving of them.



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TEXAS is in the bag for Bush

I was just reading a blog by a woman who unfortunately lives in a "battleground" state, ie.. a state which is either a) undecided, b) allowed Ralph nader on the ticket, or C) undecided. Man am I ever glad I live in Texas for that reason alone. It still boggles my mind that anyone could even consider voting for Kerry. It really upsets me driving around my neighborhood seeing Kerry signs in peoples yards. Granted I believe in the freedom of choice for whichever candidate you prefer, for whatever reason you prefer them for, but C'mon. His wife is a total bitch, and quote jib/jab, he has more waffles than a house of pancakes, not to mention he was the last choice of the democratic party. Im not anti-dem, but there is a time and place for a democratic leader. Now is not that time. We are in the middle of a war people. I also stumbled across a special on television tonight regarding Fahrenheit 9/11. Now that was funny. There was this woman, and before I get into this, I am sincerely sorry for the loss of her son over in Iraq, but He knew what he was signing up for, unless he got in for the college money, in which case he was an idiot and he got what he deserved. A soldier, a Sailor, an Airman, a Coastgaurd person (whatever the nickname for them is?), and last but not least a Marine does not have the luxury of interpreting the policy, or commenting on the thoughts of his commander in chief, in fact he is bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, to follow all orders given to him/her, by there superior Officer or anyone of higher rank than themselves. Now im going to go with the thought that he signed up to serve his country, which should be mandatory in my eyes, if he did in fact die serving his country, he died with honor. His mother does not understand the warrior mentality. We are at war. People die in Wars. I wish the liberal media would come out and say how many Iraqis, how many alqauda (howerver you spell it) have died in the battles we have waged. If 1000 us military member have died I would wager that probably 50 to 100 times that many have been killed by coalition forces. All I gotta say about that is "almost done". Before you say, "what an asshole" , "what an animal". Allow me to rebut. Have you had anyone you know die over in Iraq or Afghanistan?. Has anything but your taxpaying dollars gone to Iraq or Afghanistan, such as you? Well ive been to Iraq. Hundreds of my brothers in Arms have been either over to Iraq or spent a LOT of time over in that nasty cess pool they call the Persian gulf, and it is nasty!!! but I digress. The mother dishonors her sons memory by catterwalling against President Bush for sending her son on a "false mission". Who the hell is she to question the President of the United States? Who are you?, Who am I? If the President says the Fourth Marine Aircraft Group needs to saddle up and head back over to the sandbox...giddyup,and get the hell out of my way. We are at war. All you liberal pinkos get the hell out of my way. The Marines arent done killing yet. Do you know why? because there are terrorists, al qaida and dissident kidnapping and beheading, murdering and threating more of the same. Till all of those mf's are dead. we are not done. Your escalade, your brand new beetle, your college books, they concern me not the slightest. Defending the freedom, allowing you the courtesy of enjoying the afore mentioned luxuries is my job, The President gave that job to me, and 275,000 of my fellow Marines. So shut up, stand aside and let the big boys do there work, so you can enjoy your double caf/caf mocha latte thingamabopper. I'll take a camelback full of fresh water and an MRE, no need to thank me, its my job. Thank President Bush for having the wherewithal to do the job that needs to get done. As to the mother of that service member who died. Ma'am I am sorry for your loss, but the tree of liberty must at time be nurtured with the blood of heroes and tyrants. Do not dishonor the memory of your son, we need more like him, but we dont need them to die for our country, we need them to make those other sons a bitches die for theirs.



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no apocalypse last night

Ragnarok, the end of times, apocalypse, none of them transpired last night. I have to say that's a good thing. Despite the promise of a life everlasting, im still not done doing my living down here. With the coming of the total eclipse of the moon last night, especially since it turned red (more like a dusty pink) I was ready to hear the trumps of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, I was ready to see a bright light fan out across the sky, to hear, and watch as the horsemen herald the second coming. None of these things happened ( and God since your watching, listening and reading, Im not making fun here). I sat outside from about 845 to 945 watching the eclipse, watching the skies, watching for portents, and omens. Because number one, it was cool to watch, all you really needed was a decent set of binoculars, and number two, just in case of the afore mentioned heralded second coming. It was something to watch in either case. Maybe the red moon was heralding the end of the "Curse of the bambino". I was happy to see the Red Sox win last night, even though im not much of a sports buff. I do like watching the hi light shows, and the big games (Superbowl (mostly for the commercials), World Series, Stanley Cup..etc...etc...) so maybe that's why the lunar eclipse. It was something in either case, if you missed it, that's a shame. You can catch the next one 7 yrs from now, hope your ready for it next time, maybe its the next time we will need to make sure our souls are intact, maybe its the next time we will need to watch the skies for the four horsemen, maybe next time we wont be worried so much look at whats going on today, WAR, freaking everywhere, genocide, 4 hurricanes in a row, a Super Typhoon in Japan, earthquakes, locust swarms in Australia, mosquito's that can kill you. and terrorits who kill with cowardice and impunity. Hey hold on a second, its Ramadan (who cares if I spelled it right my grammar sux anyhow) Its Ramadan, now we can conserve our bullets, now we can conserve our bombs, now we can save our troops, and our contractors, we only need a few precision guided missles to take out the mosques where this Ramadan is goin on. Dont judge me...Those terrorit bastards would do the same damn thing. Shortly after WWI, General Black Jack Pershing had a problem with terrorism rearing its ugly head in the Philippines, did he worry about it, HELL NO, were talking about a time when men were men, and not shackled by the diplomacy or political correctness we are held down by today. He quickly rounded up several dozen terrorist. Lined up in nice little row, well kind of a nice long row (he he). He then proceeded to instruct his men to dip their bullets in pigs blood, you know how muslims like their pork. He then had them shot. End of story, well sort of, you see since the bullets had been dipped in pigs blood, the executed didnt get their virgins..and they dont go to heaven. sorry allah your missing a few of your idiots, that's what we oughta do now, take a couple of gallons of pigs blood send it to the munitions factory and have them mix some pigs blood in to the jacketing and the projectile itself. Not to much we wouldnt want to degrade the quality of our bullets, But apparently a little dabble do ya, pigs blood wise if your muslim. Well i covered lunar eclipses, the world series, and genocide towards the radical muslims. A fairly broad spectrum, before you judge me to harshly, one of my best friends, Marine Corps wise, is a muslim. I would trust him implicitly in any situation. The good kind, not the coward kind. So there, judge that.



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Letter to local newspaper

I wrote this letter to the editor Fort Worth Star Telegram. The first part of the letter is about us (United States Military) destroying a Bradley fighting vehicle while Iraqis were still dancing around it (memories of Somalia anyone?, and the second part of the letter is in regards to Kerry / Edwards yard signs being stolen in Fort Worth residential areas.

Read and enjoy.
Justmintheusmc


The piece written by Mr. Krugman was almost as big a piece of democratic, leftist rhetoric garbage as the wonderfully written piece of fiction submitted by Mr McKinzie regarding the plight and perils of owning a Kerry yard sign, or being the dog of said signs owner.

The first article being a ridiculous piece written by Mr Krugman; about how terrible it was for us to destroy the Bradley Fighting Vehicle while Saddam / Sadr Shiite loyalists were still dancing around it. I suppose in retrospect, Mr. Krugman would have been happier had the Soldiers in the Bradley Fighting Vehicle been killed or captured,their remains defiled before the eyes of the dancing crowd, and of course the television audience.. Perhaps we should in retrospect let our weapons and technology be captured by the enemy. That way, the explosives and ammunition left in the Bradley Fighting Vehicle could have been used to manufacture more road side bombs and kill more innocent children, ooops, almost forgot about our fighting Men and Women being killed over there in defense of another country's freedom. Maybe Mr Krugman and other "journalists" like him could have gotten lucky and had the soldiers beheaded after or during the attack, that way they could be paraded in front of us. I suppose that is too much to hope for even if your Mr. Paul Krugman or Mr. McKinzie. I mean those images would have gone a long way toward the kinder gentler approach towards terrorists recommended by Mr Kerry. Of course forget about Mr Kerry's three whole months in Vietnam,(believe me I've tried, but he won't let me.) What was he doing those three months anyway? Oh yeah, I remember; burning villages,and taking souvenirs, (heads, noses, fingers..etc..etc.. Talk about skeletons in the closet). So much for kinder and gentler. Oh, and doctoring documents for three purple hearts and other miscellaneous medals, made the more miscellaneous by their flinging over the fence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Did Miss or is it Mrs., I cant keep up, maybe it was comrade Fonda helped with the flinging, since he was so weak from his three injuries from three whole months in Vietnam. Being an active duty United States Marine in today's Marine Corps, I could sleep through three months of deployment.

This may be a bit long, maybe some clever editor can chop it up and make our fighting men and women look worse for defending our country, and keeping dangerous weapons from burning U.S. fighting vehicles and put them where they belong; in the hands of our enemies. Its too bad whoever the pilot flying that particular Cobra or Apache had not been around during the battle of Fallujah a couple of weeks back. He could have saved my fellow Marines a lot of trouble by destroying the Mosque in which the Sadr Loyalist were sequested. Of course, that would have been a bit too General Patton or Macarthur-ish, but of course, We won that war.

In closing,
(It should be noted here that since you the reader does not have the benefit of the Krugman article that I summarize it. Apparently Mr Krugman was experiencing a rash of Kerry/Edwards sign vandalism, so in succession he 1.burried it in the yard in concrete, 2. burried it in the yard in concrete with lights shining on it. And 3. Chained it to the bumper of his truck (while the truck alarm was active), along with chaining his dog to the sign...Oh what drama, Willie Shakespeare couldn't have made this up), His sign, his bumper and his dog have not been seen since.

Mr Krugman should go back to working wherever it was he was before he began spewing his leftist propaganda It's guys like him who get my brothers in arms killed. Mr McKinzie should get out of the home security business and go onto writing sitcoms, because you gotta admit, that was a wonderful piece of comedy, and lastly Mr Kerry should go on kissing up to his wife and hawking Ketchup, or did I say that backwards. The best that can be hoped for I suppose, is for all three to help Mr McKinzie get his dog back. Maybe his dog is at Spud McKenzie's house, hanging out with Comrade Fonda and the rest of the Shiites, hitting the hookah, and putting up Kerry signs, in that order because, you would have to be high to vote for Kerry.

Voted for Bush today

Well I went and voted for Bush today, The reason, We don't need a commie wannabe like Kerry running the country. (insert whiny Kerry voice here) I got three purple hearts, and then threw them over the fence at 1600 Pennsylvania, I served in Vietnam (repeat one million times) for four whole months. He protested vehemently against the war in Vietnam (a war against communism) on a few occasions sitting right next to jane fonda (commie whore). He wants to reach out to the United Nations, He wants to be buddy, buddy with the French. I don't need my countries policies or actions validated, or dictated by the United Nations. Kerry should just pack up his botox, I mean Teresa, and move right on over to france, a beautiful country, which a colorful history of vetoing, or voting against every thing the United States puts on the table at the UN. I think France could really benefit from the Heinz's, oops I mean Kerry's (maybe I got it right the first time). That way the Heinz/Kerry's could outsource themselves as well, since they outsource everyone else. That way next time France gets invaded and surrenders (again) some other democrat can vote for and then against going to Frances rescue. Then the good ol' U.S.of A. can come to there rescue.....again.

I heard something funny today, if Kerry wins Texas will secede from the Union. God if it were only that easy. IM a red blooded American, I serve in the United States Marine Corps, the worlds deadliest fighting machine, and I'm a Native of Texas. Texas doesn't need the Kerrys. I say this only in jesting, partly, Texas doesn't need the United States. Texas on its own would be the 4th Richest Nation on the planet. 67% of all Marines come from Texas, I don't know any Marines from Massachusetts, though IM certain they exist, luckily they got the hell out of Democratic leftist land. The land upheld as the greatest bastion of the Democratic Party, A State and party led by moonshiners and alcoholics, Teddy H. (hiccup) Kennedy, and his philandering brethren....jeeezus I could go on and on....

Why the hell would anyone vote for Kerry, the last choice of the Democratic Party, the only candidate who didn't self implode....yearshldfljjf (unintelligible war cries of Gore, and Howard Dean), and a ambulance Chaser. C'mon now, even y'all cant be that desperate....Maybe your just wetawdead...God help us if Kerry wins, because if Kerry wins Allah's chances will have improved drastically.

bored as hell

Well ive just returned from my second run of the day, third shower, jeez. i need to get a better hobby, im very happy im going back to work on friday.

Morning run

Well ive just returned from my morning run, it was exhilarating, though not thrilling. I broke a pretty good sweat even though I wasn't running very fast at all. That does not bode well for my return to full duty next week, but its okay I snap back into shape pretty quickly, at least thus far I have. IM 35 now, so im not sure, but it seems like its getting a little bit harder to snap back. My average weight is about 220, though I would like to weigh in at about 195 or so. The Marine Corps has what they call height / weight standards, which is great because it would be difficult indeed to stay in the Marine Corps if one were inclined to obesity. So that why I stay around 220 or so. This is how it works, The Marine Corps says that I must weigh 194 pounds anything over that and im taped (measuring tape) at the neck and at the love handles (God I hate them, my love handles that is). The only down side is that my love handles is the only place on my body I carry water weight, so in short, I have love handles. My neck usually measures in at about 18 inches whereas my waist is about 34 to 36 inches. The tale however is not in the tape. If they measured everything else (just for physical fitness sickoes) they would find that I have about a 50 inch chest, my arms are about 18 inches (perhaps half an inch smaller). So the tape is not accurate, at all. But that is how the Marine Corps says it has to be. sux, but that's the price you pay for being one of the "Few and the Proud." I have never (knock on wood) not made tape. Which is good, but I still hate it and think it is an unfair guide for body composition. Oh well, someday...We will live in a perfect world, but not today, so instead I run...and fast from time to time, that's the price you pay, and you gotta pay if you want to play.

Something to blog about

Well here it is 1130 on a Sunday night, nothing on the groove tube except for pirates of the Caribbean, for the millionth time, but then again its hard to follow up evil dead 2, regardless of how many times you've watched it. For anyone who has read my previous blogs, I'm in the Marine Corps, I'm a Martial Arts instructor. Ive been home for the last month on convalescent leave (sick leave) due to shoulder surgery following a particularly nasty bout. Shoulder surgery sucks...bad, and I'm not even through with it yet. I tore up my rotator cuff about 15 years ago, which is no big deal its just one of those pains you learn to live with. My most recent injury however has been much harder to deal with due to its, unnerving feeling. I dislocated, completely, my collarbone at the sternum on Aug 6. fun, fun. It was a truly unique feeling. I heard the tell tale "pop" and my arm felt a little limp, but the feeling of something poking me in the throat (my collarbone, on the right side) was the most unnerving. So anyhow, long story short, I'm on week three of a four weeks on convalescent leave, I can move my arm again pretty good, I'm probably up to about 45, maybe 50% mobility on my right arm, which is not as good as I expected but should continue to improve. You would think the whole reason I had the surgery was to be tougher fighter, or something else exceedingly macho... You would be wrong. I did it so I can play baseball with my 9yr old. My right arm has been strong enough to never lose a fight, but..and its a big but. I cant throw a baseball to save my life. I just want to play catch with my son. teach him how to make the throw from 1st to 3rd, or from the outfield to home plate. That is the whole reason I could care less about winning matches in martial arts, or bench pressing 400lbs (an old goal almost achieved) I just want to play ball with my kid. Well thats enough boo hoo'ing. I can throw underhanded pretty good, but hes not a girl, and IM not trying to teach him to pitch softball, nuff said about that. It was a pretty good day today, watched as many spooky movies as possible, tis the season and all that, which brings up something ive been waiting months for. Dawn of the Dead 2004 comes out on DVD on Tuesday...woohoo...(you gotta have a hobby, mines movies, oh and lifting weights). well I'm going to close this one out now. g'night.

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY

Well ive just read the news on yahoo regarding the execution style assasination of 50 iraqi soldiers. 50 US trained soldiers, why isnt there outrage about that? Thats an entire platoon. When i was in boot camp we had 50 guys in my platoon...I can undertand that...can you? Have you ever been in a fight? Is it bad to fight? Its an unfortunate fact that we need people to fight, we need someone to use their strenght to protect us...Now 50 of those someones are dead... I really hate hearing people, anyone say that we should pull out of Iraq. That we have no business over there. I say we do pull out our troops, all of them, and all our diplomats and contractors and coalition memebers, pull them out to about to the UAE, or somewhere else close by, and when they are a safe distance we drop one big bomb, of several hundred kilotons, thats what it will take to win the war on terrorism, we must become what we hate, what we fight against, what we despise. i hate assholes who come on here (the internet, chat rooms, etc..etc..) and say that our being over there is a bad idea. What the hell do they know? have thaey ever served their ocuntry selflessly, had a loved one who is currently or ever did? Unless youve stood up and toe'd the line, Shut your damn mouth. How pray tell is freedom a bad idea? The war on terrorism is going to last decades. Thats all there is to it. Look how long it took us to get our act together. Nothing happens overnight. Sure we can take a country in less than a month probably faster, but in order for our idea of democracy and capitalism to take root we have to wait a generation or two in that country to get all the old guys dead. We have to let the new young guys taste freedom. I mean it takes a while to get used to something new, especially a completely different way of life. Some people think its arrogant for us to go about spreading democracy, imposing nur will on others, like that commie bastard bill mahre (who cares how you spell his last name, it comes out commie anyhow), and speaking of bill mahre since when can anyone come out in public and ridicule a President of the United States. You may as well have bill mar come in your house everynight, or once a week and kick you in the balls and then kick you some more while your down. I heard some senator or representative come on tv the other day and say something to the effect of we need to get rid of the current administration, because they have this outdated idea that "might makes right". I ask you? since when has might not made right. I know some jackass will hop up and say "so Hitler was right?" no of course he was not. Hitler was a sociopathic, meglomaniac. George Bush has a morale compass (if i have to explain it, you dont need to be reading this you need to be in sunday school somewhere). I was talking to my brother and sister in law this morning over breakfast, they babysat my kid, as my wife and I went to a haloween costume party last night. My sister in law is a Spanish Teacher at a local high school. She was telling me that she cant teach the kids anything about halloween, apparently some of the more sensative kids in class cover there ears at the mention of halloween, or as im certain the refer to it as All Hallows Eve. I swear you... You see the point im trying to amke is Might does Make Right. The only thing that is bringing down our country is the fact that we are so politically and personally afraid of being politically incorrect. We are afraid of offending someone over the stupidest little thing, and now we have an entire generation and more to come, of children who are afraid of speaking their minds. What about Christmas, Presidents Day? Veterans Day? Might makes right, but you have to be able to use that Might, and not worry sometimes if it is right or not. I know i went all over the place on this one, but hey im just saying what comes to mind....

BELLA and LUNA 

I don't like Saturdays

Bob Geldof had it all wrong, Saturdays is the days that I hates best. They usually start out pretty good, today however was different, it started out with a not so subtle tapping on my right temple, that started the cobwebs clearing. So I decided to open my eyes, and there was Luna, one of my two black cats staring me in the face.http://photos1.blogger.com/img/112/2137/640/3.jpg She however was not the culprit. My wife decided it was time for me to wake up, by tapping me on the temple, (hello is there anybody in there?) , and sticking a cat in my face. So I get up, she asks me sweetly what it is I would like for breakfast. My wife is a chef, but probably not suprising to the spouses of chefs out there, the gourmet stuff stays at work, the regular, everyday food, is just like 99% of the population out there, plain ol' Americana. Today we had butter eggs (exactly what they sound like), pancakes, and little smokies (sausages), along with syrup and strawberry compote. delicious. At this point im certain your wondering whats so bad about Saturdays? Well its not the tapping, or the cat in the face or the breakfast, hell its not even the morning breath. Its the "lets spring clean" right after weve eaten. It happens just about every Saturday, sometimes Sundays, on really bad weekends sometimes both. We clean everything, and lucky me, I get to clean the litterbox, theyre not even really my cats, I mean I like them and all but they are hers, she insisted on having two cats, which have multiplied into 7, I should have listened to Bob Barker....to late now though. Anyhow. So im nice and full, after a shortstack with strawberry compote, butter eggs, smokies and a nice big cup of coffee, with a orange juice back. So now that im done stuffing my face its time to Spring clean, regardless that we are three weeks into the fall. So you see why I dont like Saturdays. Im not to awful messy as guys go. I clean all week (ive been laid up for three weeks now from shoulder surgery), and like the average guy I ask her if she likes how I clean the house. Well all week long its like thanks for folding the clothes, "do you want a gold star?" followed up promptly by a I do this stuff all the time...yada..yada...yada... Do I want a gold star? in short yes. That and the occasional Saturday off from spring cleaning. Saturday is not a bad day in itself. its just I feel like the fattened pig, being taken to the luau for lunch...sucker....your the guest of honor...but in my case...eat up, enjoy your pancakes, and butter eggs...wolf down those smokies... because right after you eat your going to pay for em....Spring Cleaining...I guess its just cleaning I dont like, I like tidy, clean is just to much for your average guy. Saturdays are okay, its Spring cleaning that sux.

Not a Wasted Day

A few weeks back I was browsing at one of the local bookstores and happened upon "Just a Geek", by Wil Wheaton. I was to say the least intrigued. I read a bit of it, without buying it, Sorry Wil. But found the part I had read compelling. Needless to say I rushed home and jumped right on the computer looking for WWDN, or Wil Wheaton Dot Net, for those of you who dont habla, or for those of you who do, habla that is.I went through the motions, even read the "if youve never visited this site before" prologue, and found it very humurous and just as interesting as the book I had picked up at the bookstore. Well long story short, I have been a reader of his blogs ever since, when I get a chance. Which also got me to thinking if he can start a blog why cant I? I wish a medium like this had existed when I had just joined the USMC, I could have written a couple of books worth of my experiences around the globe. I am not a grunt, to whom I pay the utmost respect. I am a Calibration Technician, The Nerds of the Marine Corps, and proud of it. So where am I going with this? Well this is a test,To see if number one, I can create a blog page, and number two, can i be interesting? even to myself? I have always considered myself a veritable font of useful and useless information, now lets see if I have found the medium for my meanderings, I sincerely hope so. I like learning knew things, I like to not have wasted days, hence the name of my blog. I learned how to create and write in a blog today, so there, it has not been a wasted day. we shall see if the same holds true tomorrow.