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The Most Difficult Choice
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:39
Written by Mr. Man
(2 votes, average 5.00 out of 5)

inverted_father_ambigram_tattooWork. We have to do it. We have to do it to provide for our families. We pack our lunches and head off for the day. We board a plane and are gone for days at a time. We leave behind our families and pray that God sees fit for us to return. The people we leave behind are more valuable than the cargo in our bags. They are more important than the briefs in our cases. We don’t always remember this. We are thinking only of the work that lies ahead of us.

Focus. We are so focused on what lies ahead that we don’t see what is left in the rear view mirror. We miss the longing of our sons who only want us to take a second to play with them if only for a second. We miss the look in our daughters’ eyes hoping to be reminded that they are relevant. That they are beautiful.

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Fathers of Freedom
Saturday, 13 February 2010 08:54
Written by Daddy Files
(2 votes, average 4.50 out of 5)
IED DETONATOR — A U.S. Marine Corps explosive ...

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The Kevlar vest weighs a ton. At least 60 lbs. I wore it for 20 minutes before my shoulders and back started screaming in agony. The helmet and goggles impeded my range of vision. The HETS (Heavy Equipment Transporter Systems) I was riding in was not helping things either. It’s made for hauling M1 tanks and payloads of up to 80 tons through the desert and minefields of Iraq, so needless to say comfort is not a priority. As we bumped along as part of convoy training my mind started to wander. I thought about how uncomfortable I was. I thought about my leg that was starting to cramp up after half an hour in the HET. And the pain in my back and neck was second only to how much I missed MJ and Will after two days of not seeing them. But suddenly my mind was snapped back to the present.

“IED, curbside.”

While I was internally bitching and moaning about my out-of-shape body and missing my family, Army Sgt. Sousa from southeastern Mass. (first name and hometown withheld for safety reasons) had spotted a 155 mm artillery shell on the side of the road put there to simulate an Improvised Explosive Device, which is one of the leading causes of death for our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And just then I realized exactly how spoiled I am.

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Real Men Are Also Girls
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:39
Written by eyesofbabes
(1 vote, average 5.00 out of 5)
balloon sword I fold balloons on weekends at kids’ birthday parties. Girls usually choose flowers, hearts or butterflies. Boys – you guessed it – like swords. I have also had boys request guns, bombs and once, a grenade! Actually, as soon as I make one balloon weapon, everyone wants one, including most of the girls. On the rare occasion when a boy does ask for a flower, heart or pink balloon of any shape, the parent will usually step in and say “no, he wants a black sword or he really wants a different color.” In fact, mothers do this as much as fathers. Why is that? What’s wrong with a boy expressing a desire for something beautiful? I love to trip them up. Once in a while when a kid asks for a balloon weapon, I also make them a pink heart and tell them their dad asked for it.

 

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The Blizzard of 2010: How not to shovel snow
Friday, 05 February 2010 22:12
Written by Joeprah
(2 votes, average 5.00 out of 5)
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There aren't a lot of things more manly than shoveling snow. You can actually have a heart attack shoveling snow because it's just that demanding. But just because something is difficult doesn't mean we should seek to accomplish it. For instance, it's next to impossible to watch an entire episode of the Everyone Loves Raymond without wanting to uppercut yourself, but that doesn't mean we should ever put ourselves through that as an individual. Using our minds to overcome things is part of the dadly way. We are ingenious. That doesn't mean all of our ideas are great though. Some ideas are just bad--but my idea is just brilliant.

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The Art of Commando: A Quick Reader Letter
Saturday, 30 January 2010 00:17
Written by Spuds
(5 votes, average 4.20 out of 5)
Neil Peart of Rush live in concert at the Xcel...

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I've got Metallica  pounding my gray matter like a Japanese Drum while I write this so you will have to excuse me if I get a little rowdy.  I've even pulled out "air" drumsticks. ("Air 'Sticks" are what we used before Rock Band, the game.)

That's right… I'm jammin' OLD SCHOOL this morning! Neil Peart don't got NUTHIN' on me when I pull the air 'sticks out! (I'm spinning a drumstick above my head with one hand while I type this…) Quick! Somebody grab their air guitar!

Seriously... well, not so serious, I guess... I'm in a mood.

Might as well take some Reader Mail…

 

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