After reading The Nemesing One’s recent post about delighting in the torment of others, I was inspired to write the following tale about Shane, the guy we wished a happy 40th on July 29. When Shane isn’t deploying with me to Iraq, he works as a trauma nurse at a […]
The Nemesing One had the funniest (in my estimation) caption: “Hee hee. That English chic will never know it was me that gave her VD.” Thanks for your participation! Since The Toddler is away with her grandparents, this avatar’s buttface will have to wait another couple days. There were several […]
My grandfather gave me his National Guard Manual, according to his handwritten inscription, on August 5, 1997 and wished me “a lot of happy experiences in the National Guard.” It has sat on a bookshelf for over ten years until last weekend, when I flipped through it for a bit […]
Here is the email I wrote a close friend who turns 40 tomorrow. Shane and I deployed to Iraq together in March 2003 and slept in cots a few inches apart for 5 months in a tent with no air conditioning, showers, or running water. Embellished yarns, smuggled alcohol, […]
