Philadelphia paid final respects today to Dr. John Pryor, a local trauma surgeon and Major in the Army Reserves at the University of Pennsylvania. He was killed on Christmas Day by a mortar attack near his living quarters; his family was waiting for a scheduled call from him. He was 42 and leaves behind a wife and three young children.

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If I asked you who Jason Dunham was, chances are the name wouldn't ring a bell.

But it should.

"On April 14, 2004, 3 days after Easter Sunday, Corporal Dunham was manning a checkpoint in Karabilah, Iraq, when an insurgent leapt from his car and began choking Corporal Dunham. A scuffle ensued as two Marines approached to help. Reportedly, the ( Read more... )

Inspired by Oprah's Big Give, WPVI, the Phila area's ABC affiliate, kicked off a 5-week giving campaign to make a local impact. Liberty USO, aka my USO, is being featured tomorrow, March 31st, from 5pm - 6pm. Our volunteers will be manning the phone lines to explain what we do to help the military and accept your donations ( Read more... )

So I'm almost finished with Eat, Pray, Love and don't have anything lined up (which is crazy considering the number of books on my wishlist). I usually read chick-lit but I want to read something more...substantial. I feel like I need to be more informed about everything (especially current events) and/or to start reading "the classics ( Read more... )

Even though he didn't ask nicely, the PowerPoint Ranger is a good guy, rather intelligent, and a soldier I respect so check out his comic:

http://www.pptranger.blogspot.com/

Feel free to pass it around, especially to any friends in the military.

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I laughed. Hard.