ALL IS WELL

Thanks to a gentle nudge from LUIN, I am posting an update against my better judgement.


I've been struggling with a bout of depression that has left me wanting to sleep all day, and hide out from everyone I know.



I'll come out of it, I always do.
It's not the suicidal kind of depression, just the debilitating kind.
But then I don't need to bare my soul to a bunch of voyeuristic bloggers. Those that stop by almost daily and don't bother to say hi.
Not a peep out of them.
Like the one from Murfreesboro Tenn. Stops by almost every day, sometimes twice a day, but doesn't bother to say a word.
Maybe I just haven't written anything worth commenting on.
What a pretty town though.
Murfreesboro.

Reminds me a lot of Keene NH.

So anyway, Luin dropped me a line saying, "how about an update? Let us know everything's ok."
Well dear friend, everything is ok.
Matt is doing well.
He had his first day off since he got to Baghdad, and emailed to let us know he was alright, but feeling remorse because the other guys in his detail were out and about, and he was worried about them.
He got the transfer he wanted, from TOC, to a PSD, (Personal Security Detachment). Well, almost the transfer he wanted. Actually he wanted to be on a Stryker rifle squad.

Like this one.

PSDs are like body guards.
His crew is assigned to the Brigade Commander, and Command Sargent Major, from what I can gather.
He's not very forthcoming with information.

Anytime the Commander wants to go out and about, and check up on things, they go along and get out and secure the area before he gets out of the Humvee.
Better a low grade NCO or private should get the shit blown out of them, than a Colonel.
That's just the way it is in the Military.

So thank you, Luin, for thinking of me.
I'm sorry I haven't been around much lately.
Hopefully I'll get back in the swing of things, soon.

Here's a pic of me and son #2 with his girlfriend at the Red Sox game.

We had green monster seats. (on top of the left field wall) for those who aren't familiar with Fenway Park.
In most ball parks these would be called left field bleachers.
At Fenway they are some of the most coveted seats in baseball.
Here's one at the Baseball Tavern, on the roof deck.

Gotta get in the mood, and at $4.50 a beer as opposed to $6.75 inside the park, I can get in a lot better mood.

BITCH NIGHT BACK BY NOT SO POPULAR DEMAND

Different night same old attitude!!!


OUR FUTURE CITIZENS?

What ever happened to teachers molding our young children to be the good citizens for the future?
What teacher wakes up one morning and thinks, today would be a good day to scare the hell out of a few sixth graders.

READ ALL ABOUT IT

I think the teachers involved should be subjected to a fake terrorist abduction.
Let them think, if just for a minute, that they are going to be beheaded.
What do ya think Mickey, you up for a little trip to Murfreesboro?

MY HOME TOWN!

What kind of a loser sets fire to the apartment building next door, while friends are sleeping in it?



Losers like this!!

That's right. In the sleepy little hamlet of Jaffrey New Hampshire, my home town, this handsome fella is alleged to have done just that.

READ ALL ABOUT IT!!

For all of us who know and understand that there is nothing anyone will do to convince the Bush administration to institute a plan that gets us out of this mess, now is the time to start paying attention to the candidates.
The person that will get my vote will be the one who has the best plan for dealing with this situation.
That doesn't necessarily mean an immediate withdrawal, but a well defined plan of how we will proceed, and when we will say we've done all we can, now it's time for the Iraqi government to fend for themselves.
The only plan George has is to set new goals and ask for more money, when his old plan falls apart.
In the latest news, VP Cheney went to Iraq last week to implore the ai-Maliki government not to go on a planned two month vacation.
I say if they do, we go on a permanent vacation.
Just keep drawing new lines in the sand Gwya.

SPRING!!!

When a young mans fancy turns to love!!

Aint it grand?