Other than the regulation "high and tight" there is nothing about Marines that sets us apart from anyone, and even that "high and tight" isn't so special. No there is nothing about Marines that makes us different, except of course the things that do. If you were so unfortunate as to meet the typical Marine …
Month: October 2015
The Furies – Serial #2
He rose from his bed. It was dark. He reached for his glasses on the night stand just as he heard a light tap against the bedroom door. He couldn’t be sure if he’d heard it earlier. His stomach churned and cramped from the bottle of scotch that he had drained just hours ago. Sterling …
On the Gentle Art #1
I began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu about a year and a half ago. I had wanted to train since I first saw it in action on a VHS tape that my friend and I rented from Blockbuster Videos for $1.99 a day. It was the spring of 2000. By then, the tape was already …
The Tangents Blog
This is an introduction to my blog, "The Tangents Blog". In conceiving of this idea, I must admit my first mistake. I originally called it the "Musings Blog", sounds douchey huh? Well after stepping away for a not-so-quiet evening to feed, bathe, tuck-in my boys, and eat some dinner with my rock, (the wife), I …