Friday's Dispatch

"Kevin- you idiot, put that thing down before it bites you! You're making it mad."

"Nah, he's not mad, he likes it- see he's smiling."

• Vintage mugshots. Very interesting- no surprise Keith at BON came up with them first.



• I had a horrible nightmare last night. An old Army bud and I met up at Dairy Queen in Decatur TX. Knowing he had been back downrange I asked him about it. He was unable to speak clearly or keep his train of thought and was trembling. While I was puzzling over this he turned his head to the side showing me a huge scar from a head wound and a strange looking hearing aid that had electrodes attached to the side of his head. He was our doc, very sharp, smart and funny. It was a terribly sad dream. It woke me up at four and I couldn't go back to sleep.



• I contributed to his legend early in our deployment by saying he put the combat in combat medic and later throwing a fit when late in the game they replaced him with another medic to patrol with us. He was the only medic in our battalion who I know for a fact engaged in firefights.



• I dream often about that DQ.



• Zachary loves the old Clash Of The Titans movie and calls Medusa Miss Dusa.



• 100.3 JACK FM plays all different kinds of music from just about every era and is great as far as I'm concerned. About the only songs they play I don't like are ones I never have cared for in any context.



• I learned my first dirty joke when I was in third grade and could make adults roll on the floor with it. My friend nearly stroked out last night when I told it again for the first time in probably 25-30 years.



• MC 900 Foot Jesus- The City Sleeps.