November 2010 - Argghhh!

It has been one year since Major Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood. That he's alive is a sad result of the realities of marksmanship under fire. Aiming while bullets are hitting you isn't as easy as movies make it look. Police Sergeant Kimberly Munley did all we could ask, and I honor her dedication and performance of duty. That Major Nidal Hasan is not yet a convicted felon stripped of his commission and possibly awaiting execution is a condemnation of the system, in that such a seemingly obvious...

Check your powers of deduction, and see if you can figure out exactly *when* it started in each of the following scenarios:I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift. The next year, I didn't get her a gift at all. When she asked me why, I replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"And ...______________________________ My wife and I were watching "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" while we were in bed. I turned to her...

Someone in the heartland of this fine country, has an ingenious way of selecting his winning Lottery Numbers...

Over on Facebook, longtime bloggin' buddy the Ghost of a Flea enquired..."Curious if the Arsenal includes one of these..."Exactly? No. Functionally? Yep.Though, in truth, we do prefer our guns to be a bit larger...Just sayin'....

My candidates won all but two races, and one of those is not yet officially called and is very close. We turned the entire Kansas congressional delegation red, with Yoder defeating Stephene Moore, wife of retiring democrat incumbent Dennis Moore. That was a campaign that got really ugly, but it really wasn't even close.Sam Brownback will be governor, as he continues his hunt for the White House (sorry, Sam, I'm not a fan of you for that position). Kris Kobach will have a platform to run with...

They aren't common here at Fort Leavenworth, but they've happened a few times thus far in war. Just got back from one for SFC Charles Sadell, from my hometown of Columbia, Mo and who had served here in BCTP Ops Group Alpha prior to deploying to Afstan with the 10th Mountain. Wounded in early October, he died of his wounds last week at Bethesda. He was a close friend and co-worker with my current cube-mate while they served together in Ops Group. The aircraft arrived early - which means the...

First, (since I voted over a week ago) I will go let the vampires suck blood phlebotomists do a little bleeding of my arm with leeches into some test tubes, whizz into a cup, and then get lectured by a PA about my bad health choices. I will spend the rest of the day doing the equivalent of holding my hands over my ears going "LA-LA-LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" (The PA would suggest I will start at the point of the blood-letting) By preference tonight I would just slap in war movies then go...