In case you were wondering what sites I have been consuming lately:
Some civil debate over the journalistic standards of a particular blog.
OverClocked Remix, A site for remixed video game tunes. I personally dig Super Mario’s Sleigh Ride, which only makes sense if you have played Super Mario World for the Super NES.
Like a funny nightmare - OK, I made up the title. But that’s what this is. Falling endlessly, with only bubbles to stop you…
If you are the type that notices the links on the right, you may have noticed that I added a new blog: Shelly Collins, my cousin. She is my first cousin on my mom’s side, though I have always had four cousins in Korea that I really should speak to more frequently. (I actually found a letter from one of them, but it was in Korean, so I have no idea what it says.)
Anyway, Shelly (or Smelly belly, as I used to call her when I thought such things were funny, not that I ever sniffed her abdomen) fingered me in the following blog game, so now I’ve gotta pick up the ball, lest the meme die with me. She says it is from a place called reappropriate.com, but I was too lazy to find the original post there.
So, here goes:
In keeping with my tradition of counting my chickens before they hatch:
This month I am writing a couple of articles for some paintball magazines about the event I attended last weekend. I am also going to pitch the major Mac mags on a crazy how-to idea.
Hurrah. I need to write more often.
Jason
I am back from my weeklong trip to Maryland. It was great. Unfortunately, I still didn’t get to see everyone that I wanted to see. Due to my time spent with family obligations, a week was not long enough. Not that I regret the family time. I would not have missed it for the world.
Today I decided to use some of the health care benefits I’m paying for to go to an optometrist and have my eyes checked. My eyeglasses prescription was about 3 years old, and to be honest, I don’t think they did the right thing with my right eye the last time around. I felt I needed a stronger prescription for the right.
Luckily for me, it appears that my eyes have not gotten any worse. (more…)
When the 243rd Engineer Company left today, it was everything I expected. But the emotional weight was unexpected.
Families and friends were there to see their loved ones go.
The Adjutant General said a few words.
Many tears flowed from many eyes.
Some soldiers showed signs of stress.
There were photographers from newspapers and TV stations.
Hugs. Kisses. Sobs.
The wailing of six-year-old children, and the sniffling of mothers trying to comfort them.
And uniformed men and women shouting in unison, “always motivated.”
The bus was not ambushed by terrorists on the way to the airport.
All will be well.
I’m about to get in the car with my parents and go to a Maryland National Guard armory near Baltimore for a 7:45 a.m. sendoff ceremony for the 243rd Engineer Co., the Kuwait/Iraq-bound unit of which my brother, Chris, is a part.
I’m a bit bummed. Not because I worry about whether he can keep himself and his 44 men and women together while he’s overseas, but because while he is likely to return, there is a small chance, however slight, that he will be wounded or killed.
There are a few things I can expect:
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Oh no! I’ve taken it upon myself to take a stand on an issue that’s a year old and really divisive! Oh horrors!
OK… knowing that I am against taxes in the first place:
The only reasons gay marriages are an issue are because the tax codes and other laws treat married people differently. If the laws didn’t treat these people differently, nobody would feel like they were being denied something.
So here’s where it gets tricky:
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Here’s a chat Chris and I had a few days ago. I have xxxxxed out the sensitive info, because a slip of the lip can sink a ship!
Chris Whong: I did some homework and figured out who we are replacing and where exactly we will be stationed
Chris Whong: gotta love the internet
Jason Whong: Ok
Jason Whong: So much for operational security
Chris Whong: the xxxxx xxxxx out of xxxxxxx is the unit
Chris Whong: and they are at xxxxxxxxxx
Jason Whong: If Google becomes available in Arabic, the terrorists win
OK, I know not all arabs are terrorists. But if Chris can find it on the internet, so can the terrorists…
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