OK, I'm off....

Good thoughts coming to you, tommy. I'm sorry.

Good luck {{{Tommy and Senor}}}

Gngrh. There's this guy on LJ, who occasionally posts a reply to me, who annoys me constantly with his blatant neocon bias. Even more so, with his continued attempts to educate me.

I mentioned that supporting the troops with better equipment might help ensure there were fewer of them to mourn next Memorial Day.

He replied that this is not what the troops think; it's yet another media campaign. "Even the fellow stage managed to ask about armor during that Rumsfeld visit was later revealed to be from a unit that was one of the best equipped and armored in Iraq." He tells me not to fall for it.

I want to reply and ask him if he knows anyone on the front lines who feels differently. I just want to know if I'm really as right as I think I am. This guy apparently does nothing else but this, and he can pull out "evidence" and "documentation" (truthful or not, I can't tell) for every claim he makes, and I can't, because I don't spend my every moment researching things. There's certain news sources I trust, and that's largely, you know, Jon Stewart. I can see why I'm not the most trustworthy source, either. The guy intimidates me.

Zenkitty, my mom would say you're renting this guy space in your brain. He is probably eagerly awaiting your response so he can shoot it down. You might annoy him most effectively by ignoring him.

Thanks for the happies, everyone.

I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day. And if you get a chance, thank a veteran or a soldier today. I just sent a "thank you" email to my Grandad, who served as a radio man on a submarine in the Pacific in WWII.

And you and Senior Sock have my deepest sympathies, tommyrot.

Happy birthday, Sean!

tommyrot, I don't know what to say. Other than Senor Sock has been very fortunate to have someone who obviously cares for him so much.

This, totally.

So, I was just sitting on my front stoop and saw a cute-boy neighbor I'd never seen before. I did NOT ask him out.

Nothing ventured, no pain gained.

I did NOT ask him out.

Where is your sense of romance?

I'm quite sure there are no single men in my complex within my putative age range (legal-50)¹. So I'm free and clear of that sort of issue.

¹: That aren't living with their parents--it might not be a red flag, but it's certainly nothing I'd like to deal with.

Happy birthday, Sean!

Tommyrot, I'm so sorry. You and Senor are in my thoughts. ND sends his support as well.

We are driving through another monsoon on our way to the Houston airport. Everything is flooded. We are really looking forward to coming home.