“Shibumi” and the Middle Finger!
29 Aug 14 Middle Finger and Unintentional Discharges! ââShibumiâ is a Japanese word that loosely translates to âeffortless perfection.â Anything that is âShibumiâ is quiet in refinement, noble, and fulfilling in a manner not shaped exclusively by analytical thought. In Japanese culture, Shibumi implies âsimplicity of spirit,â an attitude of refinement without pretense, honesty without […]
While Nero fiddles…
26 Aug 14 This experience, from a friend in the NW: âI visited our State Military HQ yesterday in order to have my wifeâs âdependentâ ID card renewed. I encountered a lone and unarmed contractor/guard at the front gate. He was courteous and polite, but had never heard of ISIS and had no idea what […]
Warning Shot!
20 Aug 14 âWarningâ Shot(s)! âNo one remembers who came in second.â Walter Hagen On 19 Mar 1988 in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, two young British Army corporals inadvertently drove in the vicinity of the elaborate funeral procession for Kevin Bradey, considered a hero by the IRA. The two corporals were in civilian clothing, and […]
Pre-Corpse
19 Aug 14 âBut, I don’t want to go among mad people,â said Alice. âOh, you can’t help that,â said the Cat. âWe’re all mad here!â From âAlice in Wonderland,â written in 1865 by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym âLewis Carroll.â A recent study, commissioned by the BHO Administration, concluded (buried near […]
LAD
12 Aug 14 âGood and prudent people will heed the warning. Darwin will claim the rest!â Glassy From a colleague and retired Paratrooper: âWhen asked why Iâm carrying a gun, I politely reply, â… because youâre not! Someone here needs to be armed, so I guess itâs going to be me!â Law enforcement and military […]
From “Warriors” to “worriers!”
10 Aug 14 âWarriorsâ or âworriers?â âWe are undisciplined, like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but no progressâ H Jackson Brown Jr From a friend and colleague: âFormally legitimizing organized killing is the psycho-dynamic process our esteemed colleague, Dave Grossman, compasses in âKillology.â Most humans are genetically hardwired to limit violence […]
Yet Another Massacre!
7 Aug 14 Comments on the murder of our two-star in Afghanistan (at the national âtraining academyâ) and the serious injury of seventeen others, on 6 Aug 14, all perpetrated by a single VCA. These comments from a veteran of the African Bush Wars of the 1960s and 1970s: âMy Directorate Section Chief (also a […]
No Pressure… No Diamonds!
4 Aug 14 Where is the glamour? âI feel like Zsa Zsa Gabor’s sixth husband. I know what I’m supposed to do, but I don’t know how to make it âinteresting.ââ Milton Berle A potential student asked my yesterday, â… and do you do all the stuff Iâve seen in Rambo movies?â I replied, âDo […]