Archive for '5-7' Category
We Have This Lost Kitty
28 October 2006If Google Language Tools is to be believed, vermisst means "missing," as opposed to "lost." To me, missing has a distinctly different meaning than lost—enough so that this picture leads me to wonder why LOST is used instead of MISSING on American bills and ads of this sort. After all, when a child is missing [...]
We Have This Two-Wheeled, Gyroscopically-Balanced, Rider-Propelled Conveyance.
13 August 2006In response to ever-rising gasoline prices, many alternative forms of transportation are gaining popularity here. The most common practice appears to be "bumming rides off people," which has the advantage of being tried and true, but the disadvantage of being unreliable at times. I, on the other hand, purchased a brand new $50 kid’s bike. [...]
We Have This KITCHEN AMIGO.
6 August 2006That’s the lid sitting on top of a transformer in the back. It’s basically a tiny crock pot that only knows one setting: FULL POWER. Fortunately, full power is only 35 watts, so it’s good at heating up nacho cheese to warm, but not bubbling, temperatures. It’s also a 110-volt-only device, but at least it [...]
We Have This Brainwashing
6 July 2006So here I am, more than three months out of AIT, and almost nine months out of Basic Training. I haven’t been downrange; I’ve just been cooling my heels here in garrison. So why am I still looking for my rifle? I’ve been finished with weapons immersion for nearly nine months, and I never carried [...]