So, the bed is a little hard and our backs ache, but otherwise we slept like mad in the darkest and most silent place we can ever remember being. Our first order of grumbly-tummy business is grocery shopping -- we head on into "town ( Read more... )

The roadtrip. Perfect... uneventful. I'm the only person on the planet able to get a sunburn while still inside the car, which I discover the first hour out of town. This is easily a ten hour trip ( Read more... )

my poor little livejournal. how i've neglected thee ( Read more... )

To my old women's studies peeps ( Read more... )

first, i feel compelled to mention, you might have noticed that the images of al-zarqaowi have changed. the images they use now are also from the field, although they tell a different story. this image is more bloodied... it streaks his face, and clots at his nose. his head is framed in rubble. there is also an different image, presumably from ( Read more... )

of course i worked. at the deli, we talked a lot about the irony of working on "independence day". it was a bitter joke ( Read more... )

... from Jessica Manack, crafter extrodinaire ( Read more... )

So, I'm watching CNN right this minute, and they are reporting on the death of al-Zarqawi... they just referred to him as "the scarface of fallujah". They are referring to this as the equal to killing Hitler. Which is interesting ( Read more... )

There's an informal poll on the page where this article is up. Vote if you want ( Read more... )

From the Onion ( Read more... )