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I've found a new love in my life.
I've found some new love in my life!! And its called Classic Rock. I was in Times Square last week covering a wounded warrior who was invited to participate in "the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp." A nine thousand dollar week long jam session with some notable Rock Gods. I came with the intention of telling the story of this Soldier and in the end ( Read more... ) -
Just back from another week at Fort Benning, GA
It was a good trip. In my quest for "Good TV" I found myself talking to the camera, being held down in a choke hold and eventually tazered. My shooting partner looked at me like I was crazy, but once the idea inched its way into my little pea pod there was no way I'd not get stun gunned.
Unfortunatly, Benning greeted us with the hottest week in ( Read more... ) -
Day 4
15 Apr 03
What is it w/ these rain showers? Its not suppose to rain like this.
Weiss had his child today. Good for him. Wish things were cooler w/ us but oh well... I don't regret anything.
Played Spades today and got whupped. Cold, tired and sick. When I woke up thought someone slapped me with some bricks. Saw a picture of a beautiful woman in a ( Read more... ) -
Day 3
14 Apr 03
Went to the Ziggurat of Urr. I guess the story is 4,000 B.C. King Abraham told his wife or his wife told him that she didn't want to live in the desert. That she desired the mountains of Northern Iraq. Well the king replied that he'd bring the mountains to her. So he built the Ziggurat for her. It use to stand much taller than it is ( Read more... ) -
Day 2
13 Apr 2003
Went to Al-Nasariya today. Its not exactly paradise. It looks like the lot between two old buildings where a building once stood, except its a whole city. Its broken glass and rubble and trash and people looking like a suzanne somers infomercial. Donkeys and horses pulling Amish carts with wheels that might as well be made of stone.
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Day 1
12 APR 2001
Things are different than Camp Virginia. One, this is Iraq. Two, we now have officers :( Three, there are no phones. The town of Safwan had the air of a movie: "This is not reality" The kids kind of scared me. I have three Soldiers who are out for the count. Its funny how these are the ones who don't ever go to the gym. Had ( Read more... ) -
The Iraq Diary: Getting back to my roots
I'm going to get back to the root of who I am: A man who loves to write ( Read more... ) -
RTNDAF
So I won a fellowship recently, the Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundations Vada and Barney Oldfield National Security Reporting Fellowship. I'm excited I just like having my work seen and critiqued. Winning money and trips to Vegas are good perks too. Everyone at work says I should use things like this to help ( Read more... ) -
vertigo
so my shoulder pops out of joint occassionally. I can do my push ups at a fast rate but if I move my arm a certain way, my shoulder dislocates my arm goes numb I scream out in pain and kind of pop my shoulder back into place. Reaching for the alarm clock is one of the movements, so my wife has woken up to me screaming hatekilldestroy numerous ( Read more... )
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