Fierce Love
The most beautiful words I wanted to tell youI haven't said yet...Nazim HikmetIs it the one you call home?Is it the Holy Land?Is is standing right here holding your hand?Sugarland - LoveI will say I...
View ArticleI still haven't found what I'm looking for
I have climbed highest mountainsI have run through the fieldsOnly to be with youOnly to be with youI have runI have crawledI have scaled these city wallsThese city wallsOnly to be with youBut I still...
View ArticleFatherhood
I never realized how tiring it could be to teach someone to ride a bicycle. Bending over with my hand under the saddle, running alongside, up and down the road - it's harder than I imagined.But it is...
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Up a creek without a paddle
0939: Physical therapist puts a patch on my elbow that will provide an electrical impulse to reduce swelling around my ulnar nerve. I ask her if I can still run with this on. Worried that I would sweat...
View ArticleThe one gift I truly have to give
As I was sitting outside YoYogurt in my ABU's, enjoying some Mango Tango and reading a running blog, a college girl came up to me and stuck out her hand. She thanked me for my service. I stood up and...
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DIY Steel Rimfire Target
Here at the Academy, we've got what's probably the greatest metal shop at any undergraduate institution - and it's better than some graduate and commercial shops too. Mills, lathes, drill presses,...
View ArticlePointless
It's a strange feeling, walking around a clothing optional campus in service dress. Thankfully, everyone we saw was clothed, but there were hippies everywhere.This morning, my Scholars Capstone class...
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Way up on the great divide
You made this world to look so niceI wonder what the next one's like-mewithoutyouGrays Peak on left, Torreys on rightWe left the trailhead at 0820, after two hours on the interstates and a few minutes...
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Another "controversy" at USAFA
Early this week, a first-class cadet sent out an email to the entire cadet wing asking for help with Operation Christmas Child. When I saw it, I thought, "I don't think they can do that," but deleted...
View ArticleIn Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below.We are...
View ArticleThank you
Thank you for family, for home, for Home. Thank you for good books and the Book. Thanks for sunshine and for rain, for ice and for snow.Thank you for football and "little" brothers, for beer and card...
View ArticleLivin' the Dream
It's 2315, and I have a few more hours' worth of work I could do tonight.But I flew for 1.5 hours today, performing 14 landings. One of which was "frickin' beautiful," according to my IP, and all of...
View ArticleBranded
As I walked out the door for my run this morning, I took stock of my outfit:Merrell Barefoot Sonic Gloves (trail running shoes)Injinji toe socksUnder Armour Cold Gear tights and long-sleeve shirtAasics...
View ArticlePlans: La Española
I didn't get the Fulbright Scholarship. I'd been planning spending ten months in the Dominican Republic with my new bride, talking to people and doing research and exploring the country.Then I got an...
View ArticlePros and Cons
Last night, I got a piece of paper that said: "Flint, MI. 36.3, -97.9. Lubbock +17." When I read it, I had a gut feeling that I wasn't assigned to Whiting Field, FL. Wikipedia confirmed those...
View ArticleKony 2012
In three years, Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army has killed 2,400 civilians, abducted 3,400 and displaced 440,000. Over the course of his life, Kony has used 30,000 child soldiers. He is the number...
View ArticleWorth it?
We lost another cadet yesterday. He was killed instantly in a car accident.I knew who he was - he was in D Flight when I was C Flight cadre during BCT 2010. I yelled at him when he screwed up, and even...
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Soldier on
He looked about 23. I couldn't see his rank, and I wouldn't understand it anyway. He was in the Army. He was in the middle seat.I sat down in my seat, next to him, and said hello. He was on two weeks'...
View Articleendless pursuit
It's hard to believe that this love doesn't end.That this womanthis beautiful womanwill be by my side until kingdom come.That we will share a beduntil we sleep no more.That I will pursue her heartuntil...
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