Welcome to The Sandbox, our command-wide milblog, featuring comments, anecdotes, and observations from service members currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This is GWOT-lit's forward position, offering those in-country a chance to share their experiences and reflections with the rest of us. The Sandbox's focus is not on policy and ( Read more... )

i layed down last night and closed my eyes. a dream world appeared around me and i became immediately lucid. i decided to fly and the dream world changed to suit just this. walls floor and ceiling all fell away from me and i soared among floating boxes and other structures, intentionally, consciously, in the dream. Only for a moment did i feel ( Read more... )

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Pausing to listen to an airplane in the sky, stooping to watch a ladybug on a plant, sitting on a rock to watch the waves crash over the quayside -- children have their own agendas and timescales. As they find out more about their world and their place in it; they work hard not to let adults hurry them. We need to hear their voices. --Cathy ( Read more... )

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are "gun barrel to the head" portraits lame?

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magikk5891: dude
magikk5891: fucking internet explored
magikk5891: the wrong exploration

here is a really bad joke my dad emailed me:

"
Jesus told his disciples: y=(x.x) + 4x +32

The disciples argue and discuss. Then come back to Jesus and say:

"Master, we don't understand!"

So, Jesus answers and says: "Don't worry. It is a parable."

HAHAHAHA!!!!!
"

my backpack came in today
it's all good.

AWWWWWW SHHHWANKBAKALAKABOOM

bike's boxed and getting shipped!
should be here by saturday! my birthday!

i win!

(also getting a sweet new laptop backpack)
(wow, i should get a life.)