Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my side door

Some months ago my brother posted a picture on his blog entitled Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door... it was, of course, a view outside his home during an early March snowstorm.

I'm currently doing a short sentence at Al Ud..., er, "an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia". What's that I see out my side door?



Ahh, a bunker. It's just like old times! A little poking around the bunker reveals some of the native fauna, and...



A chair? One chair? WTF?

Another map for the world pin...

I'm currently at HERE.

I'm working long days for the next few weeks, blogging likely to be light.

I will say one thing: ABU's as 'desert' uniforms = Epic Fail. I long for my well broken in Desert Camoflage Uniforms... they were just getting to the point of comfort - and by that I mean they were getting to that Viet Cong pajama stage...

Thanks, and light posting

Our team raised over $650.00 for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. It will be more, the final tally isn't in yet. I want to thank you if you donated - especially the generous donation from Mr. and Mrs. Poolbar!

Posting has been very light lately due to my normal slacker nature. That and I've been jumping through hoops preparing for a (very short) deployment to the Persian Gulf region.

The English Explained

... Sort of... I saw this over at Theo Spark's place:

Iran Elections

Two pictures from the protests in Iran (click image to enlarge). These are from Reuters via Spiegel

First a woman who expresses a little individuality with a great pair of Chucks. However her fashion sense doesn't stop the fat piece of excrement from threatening her. I don't know if she fell down, or was pushed, but the image says to me "stay in the gutter, woman". This to me is Iran in a nutshell.



The second picture reminds me who we are dealing with. Yes, I have sympathy for their situation. I'm disgusted by the fact that the Revolutionary Guards' hired thugs appear to have murdered a protester. But an Iranian election rally/protest is the place for this crap?



Nice. This creep isn't even an Arab. Note too that it appears to be a pro "Imadinnerjacket" rally. Yet this protestor appears to be of the same age as the anti-Imadinnerjacket protesters.

Finally, one more "in a nutshell":

I wonder if that shiner is from her husband or the government. Does it matter?

Why the Lakers are called the Lakers

I'm not an NBA kind of guy... but I still think it's lame that I had to learn this from a Russian woman...

Shopping, the Amazon way

I love shopping on Amazon. One feature of the site that's in need of a little work, however, is the "Recommendations For You" bit. Today when I logged in I saw that Amazon thought I'd want a USB Blue Tooth dongle (I've been shopping for A2DP stereo head sets...) ... a PS3 controller... and then two things that really caught my eye - Ghirardelli Chocolate's premium hot cocoa mix (!?!) and... a package of super thin condoms. 100 of them. From Crown-Okamoto. Imagine my surprise....




Hmmm OK. Why on earth does Amazon think I need condoms... let alone 100 of them? I mean, rubbers have a shelf life, don't they? I'd have to use them for balloon animals before they expired...

But I digress. What could make Amazon think I need/want one hundred condoms? Apparently I put something on my wish list:




A video camera? Seriously? Just what does Amazon think I'm going to put on video?

Update: I just noticed that Amazon lists the pricing as "10 used and new from $10.75". In a word - Ick.