I wish I could say that I was on a bike trip across the continent....nonetheless, I haven't It just seems that I am busier than a one-armed man in a wallpaper hanging contest! I have made a pact with myself to take MANY sick days in January, February, etc. in order to finish my dissertation. I can't wait to be Dr. MikeyMike! Well, that and riding a multi-rider bike :)
They Navy Rock Band came to our school this week. They called it "entertainment"....I called it a mission to recruit more "cannon fodder" for the War in Iraq. My (pregnant) colleague said the music was so loud that she thought she was going to go into labor. I find it funny that they bring a rock band to a school where kids listen to hip-hop. I call that poor planning :)
Without disagreeing with your general view of navy recruiting, i would have thought it was a relatively safe service in Iraq - and Afghanistan. No roadside bombs.
Posted by: Brian | October 06, 2009 at 07:35 AM