It seems we have a projected winner of the White House, and in true 2020 fashion, it couldn’t happen clean and straightforward. As such, in the upcoming weeks, the cycle of “I told you so’s” and “You’re an idiot” seems to be primed to keep right on keeping on. As a patriot, lover of America… Read More
“If you sweat more in training, you’ll bleed less in war.” As an infantry soldier, I have heard that old stoicism regurgitated by NCO and officer alike (often after the customary Lee Greenwood song.) As a young soldier, I once thought it was, at best, false bravado, or at worst, the justification for the beatdown… Read More
I forget the movie, and I am sure I will butcher the quote, but I know I’ll get the sentiment right. “There once was a time where a man pulled up in a limousine, and everyone wanted to be him. Now, he pulls up in a limo, and everyone hates him. I believe that this… Read More
“Bread and Circuses” are what the Roman poet Juvenal used to describe the gladiatorial games of ancient Rome. In a political context, it was generating approval not by excellence in the performance of the leader’s civic accomplishments, but rather a mere diversion by satisfying our needs for a full belly and our desire to be… Read More
Someone told me recently, “You’d be surprised how many people talk shit about you behind your back.” No.No I wouldn’t. I learned a long time ago that people do people things. I used to be worried about what others thought of me. All it did was rob me of my piece of mind. People who… Read More
While this post talks about Platoon 22, it is really about something else; the setbacks you face along the way. Read More
There is no greater insult that you can bestow upon your children than blaming them for the unhappy outcome in your life. To look at your children and say, “I sacrificed my dreams because of you” is the biggest cop-out on Earth. It is also shitty parenting. Read More
Q1 and you. Where are you right now? No, I don’t mean physically. I mean where are you in regards to accomplishing your goals for this year? You know the ones you made in that dead space where nothing productive really happens between Christmas and New Years. Somewhere along there, either on a couch… Read More
