I guess it's a good thing I'm not REALLY Toby Keith's biggest fan, at least where his music is concerned.  While I got sucked into the whole 'patriot flying all over the AOR to visit the troops" thing, it turns out Toby Keith is just what you might expect from a celebrity; a normal guy.

How normal?

Normal enough to be royally hungover and in a bad ( Read more... )

"The Defense Department has created an online site seeking anonymous opinions from servicemembers and their families about the possible repeal of the military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.  Except that the opinions aren't necessarily anonymous.  Many family members can't access the website.  And i's not clear exactly what kind of feedback ( Read more... )

And beer for my deployed Airmen getting a crack shot at meeting Toby Keith ( Read more... )

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OmniSZ: Man I'm starving.
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DrumsTenshi: Eat your boss
OmniSZ: Wouldn't mind eating this pilot actually
DrumsTenshi: :o
OmniSZ: She's bent over in front of me like 3 times
DrumsTenshi: lmao
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Well, it's about that time again.  I've re-upped, after much deliberation, so now that I'm in for another four years the deployments will continue to come, probably growing more frequent as time passes.  If there is a god, we won't do something stupid like get into a pissing contest with Iran so that as soon as we give up on Iraq, there's another ( Read more... )

Dreamed about E'lise again.

Doesn't happen often, but when it does the dreams are always of a disturbingly lucid, consistent, and sexual nature.  This was probably the most lucid, consistent, and sexual one yet.  I haven't spoken to E'lise in years, and if I ever see her again it'll be too soon, but sometimes I wonder if these dreams are indicative ( Read more... )

One more week, I can last one more week ( Read more... )

I'm getting short, and it's starting to affect me mentally. I've only got 21 days left here, and though it seems like a fair amount, it's nothing compared to 131, which is how many I'll have been here for when I leave. Unfortunately, there's talk of yet another extension once we get into the thick of it, and the next time I come here it'll likely ( Read more... )

So I went on the fishing trip today, and I have to say that it is one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. It was a two and a half hour ride in a van with shot shocks across roads that looked about as safe to drive on as nails and broken glass (on the way back we happened upon a head-on collision between two vehicles just after the fact), but ( Read more... )

Alright, so I've been offline for a couple of days due to some stuff going on around the base. No, we're not getting mortared or anything like that, but our host nationals were doing big important host national type stuff, and for a short while all of our vendors were unable to serve us in their full capacity. To be more specific, I couldn't have ( Read more... )