01 August 2007

"You are going WHERE??"

That is all I heard when I told people I was coming to Afghanistan. Well having seen photos from Troopers who reconstruct accidents on Minnesota highways, I even said "it is no more dangerous than driving down the interstate in Minneapolis"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070802/ap_on_re_us/minnesota_bridge_collapse

I guess I was right to some degree. When it is your time, there is little you can do. Thankfully, all of my family and friends are accounted for.