Tuesday Link-o-Rama!

Merely links to articles I've found interesting and/or funny.
1. Apostrophe Abuse
2. The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotes
3. Forcing Prices Down Does Not Normally Increase Supply
4. You mean, we still have a reputation problem?
5. E-mails indicate EPA suppressed report skeptical of global warming

Read. Enjoy. Discuss.

Donut of Despair, Anniversary Edition

Time has flown by!

My Anniversary

Perhaps the worst part of this deployment is missing my second anniversary in four years. So this post is an open letter to the love of my life. You, my dear are too good to me. I've enjoyed the last 14 years tremendously, and I look forward to the rest (however many years with which we're blessed) with you. I'll call upon the lyrics of the late Stevie Ray Vaughn to finish this post out:

Pride and Joy
by Stevie Ray Vaughn

Well, you've heard about love givin' sight to the blind
My baby's lovin' cause the sun to shine
She's my sweet little thang....she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby....I'm her little lover boy

Yeah, I love my baby....heart and soul
Love like ours wont never grow old
She's my sweet little thang....she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby....I'm her little lover boy

Yeah, I love my lady....she's long and lean
You mess with her....you'll see a man get mean
She's my sweet little thang....she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby....I'm her little lover boy

Well, I love my baby....like the finest wine
Stick with her until the end of time
She's my sweet little thang....she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby....I'm her little lover boy

Yeah I love my baby....heart and soul
Love like ours wont never grow old
She's my sweet little thang....she's my pride and joy
She's my sweet little baby....I'm her little lover boy

Personal Commentary

Step 1: Read this.
Step 2: Note the reporting from the AP (about 1/3 of the way through the article):

"The Associated Press reported that a senior researcher with the People’s Liberation Army’s Navy Equipment Research Center, Yin Zhuo, said the collision was likely an accident. He said the American destroyer appeared to have failed to detect the submarine, while the Chinese vessel set its distance from the McCain assuming it was not carrying sonar arrays, according to the state-run China Daily."

Step 3: Recall the EP-3 collision over international waters in 2001. Also recall the Chinese official's statement:

"The US plane's nose and left wing rammed the tail of one of the Chinese planes
causing it to lose control and plunge into the sea."

Sarcasm Mode: ON

Why is it that it's always the United States military ramming into the Chinese?

Sarcasm Mode: OFF

Twitter!

Twitter! Twitter! Get your Twitter feed here! Manas has got their own Twitter feed now. Read this article for details.

Yep. Boring blog post. Sorry--I can't be witty all the time. As far as you know.

Clarification

Okay, okay, okay...I've been accused by some readers (who shall remain nameless, right my dear spouse?) that my room, which you can see in pictures below, is messy.

I want to tell you, nay, I need to tell you the top bunk is a storage area for all the stuff I brought that I can't store elsewhere. As you can imagine, there's not a lot of storage inside a room the size of some walk-in closets. Also, I took the picture only a couple of days after I moved in--so things were a little out-of-place.

There. I hope that explains what some could see as a mess of a room.

Picture Time #2

My "staff car" and the view from my office back to my dorm room. The window behind my truck is one of two windows in my office.

Picture Time!