[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl6SJgm2pGI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999] Morning. The alarm goes off. You wake up. Wafting in the air is the smell of coffee and bacon. Your wife is already in the kitchen, cooking breakfast. You get up and stretch out. Sunshine ispouring in through your window. Dusty rays off light guide your eyes to the robe lying in a…
A soldier's life of adventure or domestic bliss?
I have an acquaintance, a neighbor. He is a United States Marine. I find myself living vicariously through some of his experiences. My original plan was to join the Army upon high school graduation.I'd "go blue", or join the infantry, good ol' 11 Bravo. I'd try to go to Airborne school, even go for my…
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbad22CKlB4&hl=en&fs=1&] I was inspired to write this piece after listening to the latest podcast from Stuck in the '80s. As Neil Sedaka said, breaking up is hard to do. I've never had a girlfriend, not in the traditionalsense. My relationship with Malissa was rocky at best (stay tuned in the next couple of months,…
Yet another NYPD Charlie Foxtrot: Chrissie Brodigan's Ignorance
There's two sides to every story. Then there's the truth. NYPD Police Officer Woman Says Misogynistic Cop Arrested Her, Punched Her, Grabbed Breasts for Carrying Pug in Subway First of all, I just want to say that I'm pro law enforcement. On the same token, I'm by no means a fanboy of the NYPD. As…
Sentenced to loneliness
I am alone...I'm not lonely.Neil McCauley, HeatA man sits on death row. He has exhausted all methods of of appeal and delay. Now he must make peace with the fact that he will die. He must come to termsthat on a given date, his life will end with great certainty, lest he go insane. How…
