Sunday Dalliance

January 31st, 2010

Sharp Dress Man
ZZ Top
Clean shirt, new shoes
and I don’t know what I am gonna do.
Silk suit, black tie,
I don’t need a reason why.
They come runnin’ just as fast as they can
cause every girl is crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man.
Gold watch, diamond ring,
I ain’t missin’ not a single thing.
cuff-links, stick pin
when I step out I’m [...]

John Pinette

January 30th, 2010

Maria sent this one. This is a pretty funny video.

Home for R&R, and some alcohol

January 29th, 2010

My flight back to the states was pretty noneventful. We made a stop in Germany where I step in snow for the first time in a while. Atlanta was neat. When we arrived the USO had a reception to applaud our arrival. My arrival to Columbus was more sedate; my parents met me at [...]

The wait for home

January 28th, 2010

Tuesday, I and the others once again went through the process of taking an R&R flight. We showed up at 2 o’clock for the lock down. At about 11:30 p.m. it was announced that the plane was 15 minutes away. Cheers reverberated the terminal. We boarded the plane around midnight and arrived in [...]

Bagram Round up

January 26th, 2010

Well, this past week was pretty busy for me.
My “back to school” experience is over for now and I’m glad it is over. Everything was turned in on time. It was a fascinating experience but way too time consuming for me. The generational gap perspective was particularly interesting. One example was a discussion dealing [...]