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A few words on my brother's life, death, and why you should have at least one friend or relation

My brother died, and a week later someone noticed. It’s left to my sister and I to go through his [...]

Sick day

Not my sick day…my son, Jack’s.  He’s come down with what appears to be the flu…high fever, vomiting, diarrhea.  He didn’t seem so bad this morning but has got progressively worse through the morning.  Louise works on Mondays so we left Jack home alone, which is not as bad as it seems because I work [...]

A (small) pox upon me!

Preparing for deployment, even to the relatively benign destination I’m headed to (in the Middle East but safer than Iraq), requires extensive preparation.  Training must be completed, health evaluated, equipment gathered, and my family has to be prepared for me be away for a few months.

Hey, you in the red, go look under that body!

Though [...]