The Departed is the best Boston mafia movie since Boondock Saints. It has one glaring problem. Mr Scorcese, there is not that much Boston accent in all of Boston. Much less in all of Southie, where the movie takes place. The movie is brilliant, no doubt. It should win many awards, all richly deserved. Nonetheless, the attempted Boston accents ( Read more... )

Some days, I love where I work. There aren't too many other places where you can overhear someone say "I really don't need a flakjacket. I've already been shot once and it didn't hurt that bad ( Read more... )

I'm off to California at Oh-Dark-Thirty tomorrow, I'll be gone for at least three weeks, maybe a month. I think we'll have rooms with doors and locks for most of the time, and power too. I'm pretty sure we'll even have internet access in Ops, so I'll try to stay in touch ( Read more... )

I get into Providence Theodore Francis Airport in Rhode Island at 4.24pm on the 29th of June. My flight is United Airlines 242.

DoD Announces Units for Next Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation
The Department of Defense announced today additional major units scheduled to deploy as part of the next Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation. This announcement involves several combat brigades and headquarters elements consisting of approximately 21,000 service members. This ( Read more... )

Here we go, new life goals. I figure since my unit is slowly killing me by sucking all of the fun out of fighting a war and making insane and idiotic demands on my time, my personal life, and my sanity, I might as well begin to live like I'm dying. Time to get back to things that matter. In no particular order, other than these being in the ( Read more... )

Ok, so Bri want to hit the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston when I get back. I am totally game, I've never been, and there's an awesome looking Irish pub just down the street I'd like to visit. We take the train, and no one has to DD ( Read more... )

Went to the Coheed & Cambria / Avenged Sevenfold show last Friday. Amazing show. Coheed was excellent, very proggy - they remind me of Savatage mixed with Rush (their lead singer especially, as reminds me of Geddy Lee). The singer also has a mighty helmet of hair, as massive and protective as the Juggernaught's dome. Most impressive. It was an ( Read more... )

TV Show of the Moment: X-Play - a laugh-my-balls-off video game review show on G4 ( Read more... )

OMFG. What if I actually tried to get what I wanted? What if I threw out everything I am right now, and built a new life from the ground up? What if I refused the limit ( Read more... )