You have to watch this ~!!

I know- I know.....my last three entries have been videos form youtube. Bear with me on this, its a phase Im going through.

This is a video thats a little over 4 minutes long. To get the point of it, you have to watch it all the way through.

Ive often thought what direction my life would have taken on May 28th, 1981 had I chosen to join one of the other branches of the service.

This video represents almost exactly what my first few minutes of Bootcamp were like over 30 years ago ! It also shows the difference in how we ( Marines) begin our training and they ( The Army) start thiers.

Guilty

Bruno told me to check out this video on youtube. It made me laugh so its worthy of going up as todays blog entry.

You have to make sure watch it all the way though.

Japan in the news...

Seriously, I feel bad for them with all that is going on. I mean seriously, you get the atom bomb dropped on two of your cities during WWII. Then you get everything rebuilt,,,,,,,and BLAM......you get an earthquake....then a tidal wave that wipes out the city......if thats not bad enough, now you have 4 Nuclear Reactors that are probably going to melt down.

its just not a good situation !

However, to show my solidarity with that country, Im posting a video of what I think is the greatest thing to come from Japan.

Politics

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote."

Oak Grove Cemetary - New Bern, North Carolina

The morning before I left New Bern, I got up early and went to snap some pictures around town before breakfast.

The Oak Grove Cemetary in New Bern is the oldest cemetary in the town. There is alot of emphasis in the town on the cities civial war history, but as I was walking through the cemtary I found a few graves that dated back well before the war. Two in paticular had dates that were prior to the signing of the constitution.

There is really no significance to the next picture other than the fact I just thought it was cool.

Also in the cemetary is a monument dedicated to the soldiers who fought int he civil war that were from that area. The monument was erected in 1885

The next picture seems very insignificant. Around what looked to be a family plot was a brick was about knee high. inlaid into one side was the family name and the year it was erected. I couldnt make out the name as it was very worn and weathered. But the date read 1801. The waall was for the most part intact but had crumbled on one side. I snapped the picture but was trying to just work out a setting. So although I didnt intend to keep that picture it dawned on me that those bricks were originally laid over 210 years ago. I started to pick one up and keep it but decided against it. Im amazed they are just laying there and other 'relic' hunters havent walked off with them.

Thats it for now....Im having some coffee and watching the news....so Im sure I will have another rant before the day is over.