97 Bottles of Beer

Hi Everyone,

That song, 97 bottles of beer on the wall is bouncing around in my brain. I should change the words to 97 days until I am able to take a bottle of beer off the wall. Happy early Memorial Day. This day takes on a special meaning this year, seeing where I am at. I ask that each of you take a moment to reflect pray etc. for all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice keeping us safe. I am plugging along here. I am about half over. For those who are Indianapolis 500 fans, tune into the race on Sunday. There is a good chance that I will be on television. The race is at 9:00pm local time, which is 1pm Eastern Daylight time, 11 am Mountain time. ABC Sports will be filiming the soldiers watching the race. If you get the chance check out this website. There is a great article about my friend, 1 LT Sean Harshey who put together this awesome chin dig for race fans in Iraq. The website is http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/news/story.php?story_id=6669 As they say in military speak, NSTR (nothing significant to report). The overpaid FOBITs grate on my nerves and the Blackwater Mercinaries (the private security company here in Iraq who has had many problems) still turn my stomach with their tight fitting under armor shirts that fit ever so nicely around their pot bellies. I have included some random pictures to include one monkey misadventure. The conversation went something like this. "Hey turn down here, I am pretty sure that we can get across the canal and to the PX if we just keep going." As you can see from the above picture, it was no shortcut. I have also included a Seamus on Sadaam's throne picture. I will talk to you soon.