Monday Morning
Every Monday morning I listen to my Marines tell stories about how they went out and got plowed. I drank half a bottle of Jack and 36 beers this weekend one guy brags. I ask them why they go out and drink all the time and time and time again I get well there’s [...]
Effects on Budget
5 years ago I never would have dreamed that gas coming down to $4.35 a gallon would make me happy but it has. I am just glad to see that prices are finally coming back down (or at least leveling off). The amount of money I spend on gas has gone up $120 [...]
Tonight is the night. Another baseball season is halfway through and it is time to play the All-Star game. A night that the kid in all of us gets to see all of the great baseball players of today. We get to see young promising players such as Tim Lincecum of the Giants, his teammate [...]
OK Brett Favre wants to come back and play football after retiring in March thing is if he comes back to the NFL he would still be under contract with the Green Bay Packers. That shouldn’t be a problem you say because that is where he played the majority of his football. Well it is [...]
It is 2008 and there are still rumblings of racism. I feel that the best way to get over race is to do exactly that turn a blind eye to race. Quit identifying ourselves as African American, Chinese American, and Mexican American etc and let us all just be AMERICAN and nothing else. That way [...]
Being stationed in Southern California is a baseball fan’s dream. I am stationed in Camp Pendleton which is half-way between San Diego and Los Angeles for those of yo that did not know. I am a huge baseball fan and being down here is awesome for a fan of the game. I have three, YES [...]
So I broke down on Monday and bought Guitar Hero Aerosmith. This is the first Guiatr Hero game that I have bought. I have always been intrigued by the game and would stop by at Best Buy and play (as long as there were no 10 year olds to watch me) for a few minutes [...]
A reason most of us initially joined the Marines was for the educational opportunities. The GI Bill as most of us know it has now been revamped. The new benefits are even better than they were before. The new benefits will allow a service member to go to school for FREE!!! (As long as the [...]
Many of my good friends as well as family members have asked me why Marines are called Jarheads. Well there are many stories as to why a Marine is called Jarhead.
The first story that I heard had to do with the fact that back in the day many Marines wore a high and tight flat-top [...]
