Yesterday (the 28th) I "celebrated" my third year in the Navy. I an currently on leave. I'm awaiting my next duty station which I report to March 14th ( Read more... )

As we reach the end if Shark Week on The Discovery Channel, I stand and ponder why this is celebrated annually. Did I miss something? Am I not in tune with the public? Is there something wrong with me because I do not have a fascination with sharks? Hey, Jaws was a fine movie. It kind of got silly with the sequels where the shark took on ( Read more... )

I left for my trip home with my dress blues packed up, which I would be wearing at the funeral. However, when I noticed that another service member got bumped to first class simply by wearing their uniform, I made a conscious decision to break out the bloody uniform. I want to be in first class too ( Read more... )

Though I wasn't home for Christmas, I did get the news that my brothers wife, Kamie, had a stroke Christmas morning. She was airlifted to Shreveport where they stabalized her. She could only move the right side of her body and was in and out of consciousness ( Read more... )

There has been a reason that I have not been active on LJ. It's a mix between depression, frustration, naive hopefullness, and solomn acceptance ( Read more... )

I'm still amazed that, at the tender age of 35, the simplest of things can bring me amusement. There are so many simple things people take for granted. I discovered one...I offically own my very first blender.

Not just any blender, mind you. It's a FANCY blender! Check it HERENow the awesome thing is that I did not pay $149.99. Bloody thing ( Read more... )

The last six weeks have been weighing on my mind which is partly the reason why I have not posted in the last six months. That, and during that time My hard drive died which began a whole melancholy side-story in my life I call "Ryan vs. Best Buy's geek squad." Now there's a fight where no one wins. Reader's digest version, I lost everything I ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure none of you know who Robert Jordan was. However, attention must be paid ( Read more... )

As a kid I remember Tuesday nights were a particular favorite of mine. See, Tuesday nights was pizza night! And every Tuesday we got the same thing from Pizza Inn….a large, thin crust beef pizza. It was awesome! Pizza Inns are becoming harder and harder to find nowadays but whenever I do fine one I make it a point to get a thin crust beef pizza ( Read more... )

Well, it's official. My new orders come Feb 02, 2008 will take me to Norfuck...Norfolk, VA. Though I loathe Norfolk (as most of the Navy does), these orders are kind of sweet. I will be ship's company on a LHD! Specifically, the USS Bataan. Behold:


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