Behind the Wall of Sleep
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Bruce Campbell and George H.W. Bush
Bet you never thought you'd see those two names together. Well, I just finished Jack of All Trades (tv series) and George Herbert Walker Bush (a book).
It's a shame that Jack of All Trades only went one season. This was a great series. I laughed quite regularly while watching it.
GHWB was a very good read. The writer tells the story straight down the middle; giving praise and criticism equally. I actually learned a few things from this book, which is always a plus.
Matthew 6:10
Posted by Stu
at 8:08 PM CDT
Ri-damn-diculous
The first hand of the night last night, THE FIRST HAND and "G" gets a straight flush. Oh and we had two Friday night. Two in the same night. One for T and one for Jacob. It makes my brain hurt...
Justin broke his ankle yesterday evening playing football. Straight-up bonehead. I tried to tell him to stay here and play a nice SAFE game of Poker. But noooooooo, he had to go play ball with the kiddies.
Ephesians 4:29
Posted by Stu
at 6:08 AM CDT
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Dennis Braswell...
Was a lot of things throughout his life but the most important thing he ever did was take part in bringing Tab into this world. We lost him yesterday and below is what Tab had to say about him:
My dad died today on my way to Houston for the weekend.
In his lifetime, he was a high school dropout, Eagle Scout (with palms), car racer, a member of the air force, a nurse, a weight lifter, a musician (banjo, drums, flute and keyboard instruments), a mechanic (working for various people, and owning his own shop), an explorer, the owner of a gold mine, a mercenary, a fish monger, a parrot exporter, a member in every pyramid scheme you could name, the owner of a napkin business (pretty nice monogrammed napkins), a canoe instructor, an airport security guy, an inventor (specialized weep holes) and various other things that I can't remember or don't know about.
He has given a man the shirt off his back and to this day was still friends with him.
He has been put in a Honduran jail, escaped, and paid off their government so that he could return to the country with his wife to visit her family.
He has survived blood sugar over 660--walked himself into the hospital for that one (because he couldn't quench his thirst), high blood pressure, and breaking his back. Oh, and he fell off a horse during his escape from jail and still has the scar on his arm where he tore through the skin when he landed on a stake.
...and he died doing the lawn.
A firefighter neighbor found him in the front yard and asked another neighbor to call 911. The firefighter did CPR on him until the paramedics arrived, but he had no pulse. His wife was babysitting their grandchildren at the time, and so the firefighter also thought to use Dad's phone (that he luckily had on him) to call Sandra to tell her to come home.
I was about 40 minutes away from his house when I got the call.
Hard to believe all the things he's done, and he died trying to get the edge straight in his yard. Somehow, I knew it would be something simple that would take him away. None of the extraordinary things could touch him.
I told my stepsister (whom he adopted), that it was a good thing that none of those other things took him. There was no way he could have left this earth at any of the periods in his lifetime before now knowing he was loved as much as he did today.
Lucky for him that he could leave in peace. Lucky for us we could share his life with him.
Vaya con Dios Dennis and thank you for the greatest gift a man could ask for.
1 Corinthians 15:55
Posted by Stu
at 2:55 AM CDT
Friday, 15 August 2008
"At Midnight, All the Agents..."
Ezekiel 20:19
Posted by Stu
at 1:10 AM CDT
Thursday, 14 August 2008
"Feel the Funk Blast"
"I be walkin' godlike, a dog
My narrative fearless
My word war returns to burn
Like Baldwin home from Paris
Steel from a furnace
I was born landless
It's the native son
Born of Zapata's guns
Stroll through the shanties
And the cities remains
Same bodies buried hungry
But with different last names
These vultures rob everything
Leave nothing but chains
Pick a point on the globe
Yes the pictures the same..."
Ezekiel 36:27
Posted by Stu
at 12:44 AM CDT
Updated: Thursday, 14 August 2008 1:13 AM CDT
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Short and to the point...
All's well.
John 10:27
Posted by Stu
at 1:17 AM CDT
Monday, 11 August 2008
Man, I tell ya...
It's beyond the point of ridiculous. "G" got another straight flush last night. It's almost becoming passé.
We have new neighbors here on Marez/Diamondback. I can't say who they are yet but Dee, Marvin, Leonard and I paid them a visit yesterday. I actually got to do my job for a little while, it was awesome!!!
Everything else is samey-same.
Proverbs 5:18-20
Posted by Stu
at 11:49 PM CDT
Hooray for Backdoors...
See?
Well guess what happened last night? If you're guessing that someone scored another straight flush, you'd be partially correct. On the 4th hand of the night, the 4th mind you, Justin rivers an Ace of Clubs to give him the Royal Flush. Congrats Amigo.
Last night was one of "those" nights. Every other hand was a Full House, Flush or Straight and we even had two 4-of-a-Kind's. And "T" did a helluva job maintaining his chip count once he got the lead.
I'm telling you, that room isn't natural. There must be numerous ley-lines crossing over this one point in Mosul...
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
Posted by Stu
at 12:29 AM CDT
Sunday, 10 August 2008
Well, I was 1/2 right...
The blog is indeed blocked again. However, as with most military systems, a little bit of patience and determination will circumnavigate these "problems." And viola, here I am.
That being said, someone will no doubt figure out what happened sometime today and close that "backdoor" before I can post tomorrow... We'll see.
Nothing exciting, at all. Hell, I'd even settle for some shots fired in anger right about now... IT IS BORING AS ALL GET OUT OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!!!!
1 Peter 4:12-13
Posted by Stu
at 12:44 AM CDT
Friday, 8 August 2008
Oddly enough...
We still do not have innarweb in our hooches but, for whatever reason, I am now able to access the blog from my "office." Of course, it'll probably only last today...
Let's see, what's happened since my last post? Other than another straight flush from "T", not a lot. The early mornings are getting to be down right cool outside. Of course "cool" is a relative term. When it's 90 degrees at 0400hrs, it almost feels as though I should put a sweater on.
Ephesians 5:19-20
Posted by Stu
at 11:54 PM CDT
Sunday, 3 August 2008
It's gonna be a while...
Before I post again. We are switching innarweb providers and it may take a week or more.
That includes email, to a certain point. I'll have that in my "office" but will only be checking it once a day.
Peace out...
Joshua 14:12
Posted by Stu
at 12:06 PM CDT
Saturday, 2 August 2008
"No matter how hard you try..."
Everything here is hunky-dory. Sort of "all quiet on the Eastern front", so to speak.
Another good night of poker, although there were no straight flushes, oddly enough. It did come very close once (on the board even).
There really is nothing else to report today. Most days are like this now, no "excitement."
Joshua 10:8
Posted by Stu
at 5:59 PM CDT
Friday, 1 August 2008
Remember when you were a kid...
And you had a favorite movie or TV show. And you watched it and watched it and then for whatever reason you never saw it again because either it never made it to VHS/DVD or the series was cancelled? But you remembered being completely into it and swore up and down that it was one of the greatest shows ever? Yeah...
Space:1999 was one of those shows for me. They finally release the entire series on DVD, I buy it before leaving for Iraq, watch the 1st season in Taji then start the 2nd season in Mosul. Yikes. How do you take a really good 1st season and completely hose it in the 2nd??? Geez!! It makes my head hurt.
Marion and Justin were the big winners tonight. Derrick got another straight flush!! I'm telling you... It has to be a record.
2 Chronicles 16:9
Posted by Stu
at 8:32 PM CDT
Thursday, 31 July 2008
Marvin got his new camera
It's the Sony A350 it's the smaller version of the one I want (A700). It's freakin cool. I can't wait to get mine now!
Joshua 1:5
Posted by Stu
at 9:18 AM CDT
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
So, I picked up...
A movie out of the $5 bin at the PX today. It's one that Tab and I saw together right around the time we got married. We both loved it. I had forgotten just how great a film this is. It stars, The Dude (in his same Japanese baseball T-Shirt), Popeye (naked, I might add), Mrs. Baskin, Hunny-Bunny, "Q", Niles, Jerry "Hands" Espenson, Hellboy, Peggy Hill, Mr. Burns/Smithers/Ned Flanders/Rev. Lovejoy/Kent Brockman/Otto-Man/Scratchy and Mr. Noodles Brother and it's directed by Patsy.
An extra $10 to anyone who can name all the actors associated with those roles and the movie of which I speak (except you Justin because you already saw it tonight). The movie will make you laugh, make you angry and make you cry. I can't believe I had forgotten about it.
Poker went well tonight. "G" is back from leave and he and I split the chip count (so no Justin, I'm not washing my shirt). Hey, it worked with Biggio's helmet, right?
Judges 16:20
Posted by Stu
at 6:02 PM CDT
Monday, 28 July 2008
This has to be some kind of record...
Yet another straight flush tonight. 9-K of Diamonds for Justin. I tell ya, it has to be a record. This many SF's in one group of guys playing cards? It has to be.
Nothing else to report except that it was still hot today but right now it's actually nice outside. Of course it's 0156hrs but hey...
2 Kings 2:9
Posted by Stu
at 5:59 PM CDT
Addendum...
It seems that after all this time they have decided to change our address. So, my new address is:
AMC-LSE-F
ISYSCON/ESP, Inc
FOB Marez
APO AE 09334
Posted by Stu
at 8:15 AM CDT
The Only Thing Worse Than a Monday...
Is a Monday in Mosul. Bored. Very bored. Nothing on TV, I've watched all my movies, the innarweb is crap (it took over an hour to get logged in to this blog), it's hot and there is NOTHING TO DO ON THIS PIECE OF ROCK we call FOB Marez. I can't even get online at my "office" because the innarweb at Regiment is jacked up as well.
All I can hope for is that T and Jacob don't sissy-out on me tonight and that we get to play some cards. We'll see...
90 days, 90 days, 90 days...
James 4:8
Posted by Stu
at 7:34 AM CDT
Sunday, 27 July 2008
"Man it's hot. It's like, Africa hot. Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot."
That one's too easy even to offer money for the right answer...
But, it is hot. "It's so damn hot out here, I saw one of those little guys in the orange robes burst into flames. It's that hot." Another easy one...
Got a haircut this morning and bought some "groceries." Went to lunch with Jacob, Gerrardo, T and the 1LT. Philly Cheese Steaks and fries. Came back here, took a shower and now I'm watching my Kung Fu Theater DVD's while I was waiting for this slow-@$$ internet to get logged in so I could write yall a note or two.
If this next provider doesn't work... Yall will probably by hearing about me on the news.
Ephesians 4:25
Posted by Stu
at 7:39 AM CDT
Saturday, 26 July 2008
A Change of Pace
Tonight was a bit different; Dee, Marvin, Justin, Jim and I all played Monopoly. Things were looking all right for a while and then Dee started to "run the table." Needless to say... She won. D@mM!+. Next week we play Risk.
Other than that, today was a regular day; Hotter than the Inner Ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell (read Dante if you're confused).
So, that about sums up our Saturday here. Pretty standard stuff.
Job 1:1
Posted by Stu
at 2:08 PM CDT
Updated: Saturday, 26 July 2008 2:46 PM CDT
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