http://soldieriniraq.info/kaboom Embrace The Suck Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:24:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Due to a rash posting on my part, and decisions made above my pay-grade, I have been ordered to stop posting on Kaboom, effective immediately. Though I committed no OPSEC violations, due to a series of extenuating circumstances – the least of which was me being on leave – ... http://soldieriniraq.info/kaboom/2008/06/a-tactical-pause/ Fleeing the rain and coked-out models of Milan, LT Demolition and I venture north, intent on conquering the Alps en route to Zurich to join the soccer madness of Euro 2008. What Hannibal crossed with war-elephants, and Napoleon trekked through on a white steed, we stake our historical claim in ... http://soldieriniraq.info/kaboom/2008/06/european-interlude-iii/ In this post-modern world of war and famine, 24-hour news coverage, and emo music, it’s easy to forget that something as ancient as romance can be true and pure and overwhelming and original and … right. Big ups to Italia for the assist on that one. Cue whirlwind week of possibility. Greet LT ... http://soldieriniraq.info/kaboom/2008/06/european-interlude-ii/ “Dude, for the love of God, if you remember anything while you’re in Poland, remember this – don’t drink the Windex.” Those were MadBeard’s first words to me as I stepped off the plane; express shipment sent straight from Iraq. What two kids from the American West were doing in ... http://soldieriniraq.info/kaboom/2008/06/european-interlude-i/ I’m running the FOB-gauntlet, complete with stops in Molasses Swamp and Gum Drop Mountain from the Candy Land board game. It certainly would appear that these super-fobbits graze in Candy Cane Forest more than three times a day, too. I didn’t know they made uniforms that big, you dig? My ... http://soldieriniraq.info/kaboom/2008/05/biggies-lifetime-ban-or-leave/