Stories

Not having a car sucks. I tried to finance one awhile ago, but got turned down because I have a repo on my credit report. They didn’t care that I make enough money to pay it off in two months, nor that I make five times what I made when the repo occurred. Bah.
So I [...]

Last time we spoke regarding my intermittent Internet connectivity issues through Comcast, we were waiting for an LMC escalation to occur from any of the Contact Line ASAP Customers on my Node. Lo and behold, I ended up being the one to complain.
I called Call Center Supervisor Kieth when my connection dropped this afternoon. In [...]

During a standard Occupational Readiness Excercise at Kadena, I was tasked by Eagle-eye to “Infiltrate the Heavies side” of the flightline. I was allowed to go in any attire I saw fit, as I was expected to be caught. I was given an ORE card, which identifies me as an Excercise member and not a [...]

As many of you are aware, Japan has one of the hottest street-racing scenes in the world. This is due to a variety of factors as I have witnessed in person: In Japan, cars are much more lightweight due to fewer unneccessary safety devices; cops rarely patrol the highways (at least on Okinawa); citizens are [...]

During the last few months of my tour at Kadena AB, while I was waiting for my discharge to finalize, I was placed as Airman In Charge of some of the 67AMU’s side activities; Apparently the military has the same policy as Big Business when it comes to people who are about to leave.
One of [...]

During my 1yr stint at Tyndall, I was at roll call at my shop. There was a PA announcement “MSgt Minefeld, MSgt Minefeld, please report to the Chief’s office”. We went on with our business and briefings, and a few minutes later the announcement repeated with the word “NOW” at the end. Several minutes later, [...]

It has been said that a man’s stories make him immortal, as they can live on far longer than any one of us ever could. Furthermore, I’ve seen it documented somewhere (albiet probably in a movie) that a person’s stories tell a great deal about them, and compose a great deal of how they are [...]