Some days you eat the thresh.
Other days the threshkeen eats you.

• I really like the M240B.
• IED’s be loud, yo.
• Corrolary – If offered hearing protection, take it.
• The “Smartass of the Day” Award goes to the medic who triaged Daddybear, who was wearing a moulage kit in order to simulate a rather graphic abdominal wound, and was being very dramatic in holding onto his belly and moaning loudly.  Quoth the smartass:  “How far apart are the contractions?”.
• When lying beside the road with said abdominal wound, and someone starts backing up a large truck near you in a rather erratic fashion, it is indeed possible to move your entire body using nothing but your butt.
• When the IED’s are going off and people are shooting at you, the time to say “Please” and “Sir” when trying to stop someone from running at your truck is over.
• When trying to get someone who doesn’t understand your language to do something, shouting your request is not going to work.  Maybe you could try charades or something.
• In an ironic twist, I found myself today wearing a keffiyah and a daishiki while eating a ham and cheese sandwich.
• It is quite possible to be soaked to the bone and worried about hypothermia in the morning and come home with a sunburn in the evening.
• We are fortunate to live in a world that has such dedicated and talented young men and women in it as those I helped to train today.

Today, I realized just how old and domesticated I have become.  While I was eating my breakfast before going to work, I started doing my Christmas shopping.

I used to travel the world, trying all of the local hooch, driving multi-ton, multi-million dollar war machines, and live a life that had no plans past going to bed that night.  Now I’m surfing Amazon for Christmas presents in September.

Sigh…..

Question:  What should you feel when faced with the image of the murdering bastards who killed our countrymen on September 11, 2001?

Answer:  Recoil

Yeah, I know I stole the punchline, but I like it.

There is nothing like being stuck in traffic behind a full hog hauler to put a special shine in your day.

Last night Obama promised a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot.  Something tells me we’re more likely to get 10 speeds and tuna fish.

I will not be surprised if tonight, at the end of his job coughcoughcampaigncough speech in front of Congress, President Obama does not look at the cameras and ask “Are you ready for some football?”.  Because, you know, NFL fans will still be watching the speech instead of getting ready for the game or watching ESPN, and he will be able to connect with them on a spiritual level due to his shared love of good clean American fun. 

Am I the only one who has the phrase “I find your lack of faith disturbing” upon seeing this picture?

Gentlemen, when shown a current picture of your wife’s college roommate who may be visiting you this fall, do not say “Wow, she’s hot!”.

The two highest compliments I can give someone are “That’s OK, I know you’d do it for me.” and “I’d trust you to walk behind me with a loaded gun in your hand.”.