The Afghanistan Journals Vol 5.9 – Getting There is Half the Fun! (Part 1)
I have made it “half way” through my journey into Afghanistan. My first stop is beautiful Al Udied Air Base in Qatar! I have never been to Qatar for any length of time and am finding it to be quite nice. Let me catch you up on my trip thus far… Tiffany dropped me off at the airport in NOLA on Friday and I jumped on a plane to DC. I transferred to Qatar Airways and let me tell you…those planes are awesome! The movie, TV and music selection was awesome and the...
Read MoreNow you cannot even trust your copier…nor the Chinese!
Image via Wikipedia Today has been quite eventful… After a long morning of teaching the finer points of multi-homed BGP to a few clients I returned to my office only to find out that…THE INTERNET WAS NOT WORKING!!! Upon investigation of our disconnection I happened upon a much larger issue…the Chinese. Yes, the Chinese activated one of their super fun spam bots and started slamming out tons of traffic and, in turn, put everyone on the CBL (Compost Black List). As most...
Read MoreGays in the Military…My Thoughts…
Many people have asked me how I, as a straight man who has spent many years in various war zones, feel about this subject. And I have found out quite a few things about the American people in the process of trying to come up with my stance on this issue. One of the biggest issues I have found is that many Americans do not understand the current rules pertaining to gays in the military. Here is a plain Jane explanation of the current rules in the military: Don’t Ask; Don’t...
Read MoreI love Stella…Stella Artois that is…
I was just informed that Belgium is apparently running out of beer! This makes me very sad as one of my favorite beers, Stella Artois, is one of the main beers that is taking a hit from all of this picketing. Crazy unions and all of their whining. People are getting laid off all over the world! Why do these Belgian kids think they should be exempt from this? I know that Anheuser-Busch posted a 1.55 Billion dollar profit for the last quarter but hey, cut some people out of the equation...
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