poolboy6

I'm waiting for the bus to take me to the plane. I should be in Indianapolis Monday evening. I'll likely be in Colorado on Tuesday.

Maybe even Trivia on Tuesday night.

I'm in Kuwait right now. It's just as awesome as it was when I came into theater. In fact, I am sitting in the same building using the same Wireless.

I tried to get out on an R&R bird this morning, but no luck. Fortunately, some unit is redeploying back to Fort Carson tomorrow and I am trying to get on that flight.

With luck,...
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I might not be able to access this site for the next week or so.

Heh...

These are my words:

this one's like mercury, that one is too.
I'm great for advice, but not when they're through.


These belong to Texas is the Reason:

This town was built on miles of hope
and I dare you to give one reason to stay
and maybe I won't go away.
So far you only dared me once
and I think we know that's...
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Why am I not satisfied with my personal best?

Today I took the Army Physical Fitness Test. I haven't had one since January, so I was due. I did very well. 68 Push Ups, 76 Sit Ups, and 14:20 on my 2-Mile Run, for a score of 283 out of 300. The score in each event was high enough (93/100/90) to qualify me for "Excellence"...
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My price, it seems, is $50,000.

I was perfectly willing to reenlist for the Critical Skills Retention Bonus of fitty large for six years, as long as I got to do it here and get it tax free. Alas, due to bureaucracy, this is not possible. I would have to do it in the States, where either Obama or McCain would get their greedy little...
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A thing of beauty.