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Horrible Human Being or Gallows Humor?

November 6th, 2009 Comments off

The woman asked what I knew about the shootings in Texas. My reply was basically, “Just another whacko that couldn’t handle what they asked for. If you join the Army, odds are you are going to war. When you’re a lifer, it should be a given. He didn’t want to be deployed, couldn’t get out of it, freaked out and lost it. Simple. Disappointing. Let him rot.”

So she started looking it up online. I looked over her shoulder and saw a BIG ad for hotels at Fort Hood. 75% off room rates. Being me I had to comment.

“Hey look at that! Boy look at that deal. I’m sure they are hurting for customers, now that the population has dropped.”

“You know, you are a truly horrible person sometimes…”

“I thought I was a retched human being?”

“That too”

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First Hop

September 12th, 2009 Comments off

We made it to Dallas without any trouble. My new Timbuk2 bag rolled right through the TSA scanner without any extra drama. Netbook, external DVD drive, external harddrive, power adaptor, extention cord, half a dozen USB cables, blah, blah, blah. What can I say? I’m a geek. Read more…