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Here is a picture I took today for a fellow MAZDASPEED Protege owner/friend in TX whose car was featured in a magazine. Thanks for the copy, Vic!

Finally got the final anthrax immunization yesterday (it is a series of 6)...it is about time, it was 2003 when I started it! haha!

I have lost about 15 lbs in the last 2 months...does not have anything to do with running, since I haven't done ANY lately. Rather I think it is my diet, eating *a little* healthier. :)

Also, I booked my commercial plane ticket home to MN via Doha, Qatar...deja vu!! lol

At least it is NWA the whole way, so I will get my frequent flyer miles (about 7500 miles). :)

Really miss everyone, and cannot wait to see and thank those that have sent me things while I have been here. It is about to hit the 6 month mark, CRAZY! Only 3 more to go...

Stop Medal-ing!

I had a frame made with the finisher's medals/running bib I have received while here. There is a bib/medal from the marathon, a medal from the half marathon and one from the group 4 mile race I did. They have some russian guys that make them (usually next day) however you want for a relatively small amount of money. Here is their attempt, I think it turned out great. Now let's just hope it makes is home OK in the mail! ;)

Sorry for the reflection, but I don't have a CPL filter on my point and shoot, lol!

What a JERK!!!

http://www.houseofjerky.net/troops.html

...no, it is not a hint or anything! ;)

4th Combat Camera Squadron, March ARB (Riverside), CA...

I bet it never took Led Zepplin this long to find out they were headed to California...

After months and months of waiting and dealing with a super busy recruiter, I finally found out my 1st drill weekend will be 3/4 NOV.

So I should be back in the States around Halloween. Then a month of vacation time (read: aimless wandering, jk). NO, this does NOT mean I am MOVING to Cali, simply doing one weekend a month there. :)

Combat Camera, here I come! :)
Cheers...

What time is it, kids?...

The local time here.

Recent news...

Sorry, just trying to make up for the lack of posts lately. A Soldier from Virgina...killed about 3 hours or so from here.

Independence Day 10K

Just ran the Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Peachtree Road Race", a 10K (6.2mile) run around part of the perimeter...what a turn out, almost 1,000 people!!! So far, a great 4th of July. Those that are at home, have some bbq and a beer for me...ohhhh, and maybe today is the day I should crack open The Federalist Papers. haha!

As far as times, I think I did alright...53:47 if I remember right...not bad, since that is about a 9 minute mile.

Here is a story about it...it is funny, it is just now the 4th of July in Atlanta, and we are already done with the run. lol

"...one civilian contractor is killed for every four members of the U.S. Armed Forces."

Great article about the intricacies of being here, not in a uniform, this time.