This is a picture of Bagram, Afghanistan taken from a Blackhawk helicopter. The city was founded in 330 BC, and it looks like not much has changed in the ensuing centuries. This picture was taken Thursday, December 8th, 2005. A nice place if your favorite color is brown. Looks like there...
After fifty plus hours of flying (and waiting… and waiting… ) nearly thirty hours of setup time and a two hour show, the WWE ‘Tribute to the Trops 2005’ show is just about over. I say almost because we arrived at Andrews Air Force Base too late last night to catch...
“I’m leeea-vin’, on a jet plane… Don’t know when I’ll be back again…” The WWE’s third annual Christmas Show for the Troops begins tonight, with a ten hour flight on a cargo plane to Germany, a few hours of bowling (seriously), then a...
I was standing in line to check in for my flight this morning. There was a guy in front of me that was getting visibly upset. Being the nosy bugger that I am, I went over to see what all the fuss was about. “What do you mean I can’t carry this on? Where in the regulations does...
Early into my game last night, one of the announcers made the following statement. This isn’t an exact quote, but it’s pretty close. “Folks, the traffic on the way to the arena was brutal today. There was a huge backup from an accident with four fatalities on I 75. It...