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By John, on April 20th, 2008
We all fight spam in one form or another be it snail mail, email, or comment spam. I’ve done a fairly good job at blocking out the email spam but and I can readily ignore the snail mail by throwing it in the trash. I haven’t had good luck blocking out the comment spam.
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By John, on April 19th, 2008
To save you some of your valuable time I’ll paraphrase – I’m incredibly bored. The rest of this post will consist solely of me griping about it. Ok, get on your bike and go on your way.
I rely on work to make me feel happy. When we have weather that keeps the planes [...]
By John, on April 7th, 2008
XKCD started as random scribbles by the author that were scanned and saved for posterity. Somebody found them and they became a phenom. This comic, in particular, should serve as a guide on how to comment on the schlock that you will find posted on this website. Click the image for a link [...]
By John, on April 6th, 2008
BlueCoat, the web filter ran by the USAF, has caused me much aggravation since my arrival at Balad. I am not the only one that is feeling pain – everyone else is affected by this poorly written web filter. Recently, I discovered a way to circumvent the filter – RSS feeds. Techically, I’m accessing [...]
By John, on March 20th, 2008
Chuck Norris – the man – the myth – the guy that kills with a roundhouse kick to the face is quite popular among members of the armed services. A few years ago somebody came up with a bunch of Chuck Norris “facts” that turned out to be quite hilarious. They spread like a [...]
By John, on February 24th, 2008
I live inside of a fenced and concrete walled compound. Blast walls and revetments surround every building on base. Sand bags can be found everywhere – they surround most of the buildings. Construction crews, scurrying around the base like ants, build new walls daily further fortifying the nearly impenetrable fortress. Larger buildings are fitted [...]
By John, on January 31st, 2008
I meant to spent my evening doing something for the greater good but the water shortage deterred me doing it. I had intended to spend a few hours at the hospital doing whatever they needed to do – I didn’t want to go over there smelling like I do. Its been a few days [...]
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