The Making of a Good Weekend

BYU has won their second consecutive conference game and did it on the road, in spite of some ugly mistakes. I didn't watch the game, but was able to follow it through the updates on the net.

 

The Padres have a chance to wrap up the wild card with a win on Sunday. If they can get over that hurdle I like their chances over the Phillies or the Mets, even though one of them is going to be the NL East Champions.

 

Finally, the Chargers have an excellent chance to redeem themselves and show their fans they remember how to win with a game at Qualcomm against Kansas City. And the new executive officer is a Chiefs fan. After talking trash in email to my mother-in-law's co-worker about how the Chargers were going to dominate the Packers, I am looking forward a game in San Diego. It would be embarrassing if the Chargers don't back up my trash talking two weeks in a row.

Flat Stanley in Baghdad

Over the past three weeks I had the privilege to carry Flat Stanley around and take pictures of him visiting this part of the world. A nephew sent him over in an envelope with a request for a some pictures for a school project. I believe each kid in the class made a Flat Stanley and sent them to a friend or relative with the same request. My nephew did a great job on the camouflage pattern. Flat Stanley fit in with the rest of the troops.

I took him around for a while, but couldn't find any good places to take a picture of him. Mostly concrete and parking lots with a lot of dust.

I found an opportunity though when a tour of one of Saddam's palaces was announced. We went on the tour and I took a picture of him from the roof. Good thing I had a water bottle and a rubber band handy. I almost lost him to the wind.

I am not the best photographer, but I tried. The tour was neat, but I found it to be factually inaccurate.

I sent him back a couple of days ago. I hope he made it.

Look what I am missing

One is occasionally reminded of home yet a majority of the time there is enough to do that it doesn't become overwhelming. I was reading my sister's blog and she posted a few pictures of her son and his cousin.

My niece's father is a Green Bay Packer fan and my other brother-in-law is a Charger fan.

Stuff like this really makes you miss being home.

Though she looks cute, I am going to cheer with my nephew. Go Bolts!!!

Thanks Brother

My computer science nerd brother helped me out with the blogging by showing me how to set up the email posts feature with my blog.

Didn't know you could do this. Now I do.

Some people miss out being an only child.

Nobody reading this blog

I have had some difficulties in updating my blog as I don't have as much access to it as I have had in the past. The image is a screenshot of what I get at work when I type in the URL of my blog in the address bar of the internet browser. Otherwise, things are going well.

I brought my boots out of retirement as they were the only comfortable pair I had. Still doing well for me. I think I was a little quick to get rid of them. Before I left for R&R I sent them outside my trailer thinking one of the third country nationals that works here might come by and pick them up. At times I see them wearing worn out stuff that at one time was worn by some soldiers. Twenty days later I came back and they were still there. I was glad, too.