Don’t bother bringing a rifle to a cannon fight

| April 13, 2008

When the Taliban tried attacking a US base, they received the warm reception chronicled in the video below. It’s soldiers… so there’s some language…. Via Ace o’ Spades HQ. From the comments: “The length some guys will go to to work off their bitterness about economic insecurity and government neglect!” Heh.

Naming conventions

| April 11, 2008

My brother’s wife’s brother’s son is a Marine, newly stationed only an hour or so away from where I am. I’ll be seeing him tomorrow as he comes up to relieve me of the burden of having one vehicle too many. He’s getting the Blazer. What does one call one’s brother’s wife’s brother’s son? I’m […]