30 Sep
Got a rather short e-mail today. It turns out that I was not selected for the Navy’s Intel BDCP program. Were I to have been accepted, I think I’d still have received a medical DQ anyway. Given that I wasn’t, I’m glad I didn’t push to go to school already for autumn, especially given my [...]
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25 Sep
Whatever happened to the idea of National Guard defending the nation and serving in emergencies at home? The concept of the weekend warrior is dead, particularly in the light of having National Guard and Reserve units deployed overseas while there are still active duty military here stateside. Yet we continue to actively recruit under the [...]
Posted in Old Life, Politics, Rants by: cyphertube
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24 Sep
Heading to the doctor’s today. Oh boy! Get to use my shitty insurance to pay for very little of my visit. Hopefully I’ll get some good news and/or plans on how to get my back fixed.
Then it’s back to work. No more carrying heavy laptops. They suck.
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16 Sep
Yup, yesterday, while doing installations, I managed to fall. Seriously hurt my right side, and, surprise, surprise, my right hip. Go figure. It’s not anywhere near as bad as my left was, so I have managed to make it to work today, albeit with a fair degree of difficulty. It hurts perpetually, though, so I’m [...]
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15 Sep
This weekend Eric and Jen got married! Woo-hoo! Of course, now we’ll never manage to game with Eric since he won’t have Josh around to remind him to show up somewhere. Oh well. The wedding was very nice, and not horribly long despite being a Catholic service. I think they should start promoting worship as [...]
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