tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post361263163785642232..comments2024-02-09T00:13:51.906-06:00Comments on Army of Dude: Photo Story Monday - Let It Rain!Alex Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13729559701547002624noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-63728833532257628702008-11-03T13:35:00.000-06:002008-11-03T13:35:00.000-06:00Once again, I'm drawn to the photos and I looked a...Once again, I'm drawn to the photos and I looked at the one of the two men in the bakery for the longest time wondering what they must be thinking. The younger one looks like he's about to cry...<BR/><BR/>~P~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-50230137469108336802008-01-14T11:05:00.000-06:002008-01-14T11:05:00.000-06:00I have a friend who, after a tequila shot too many...I have a friend who, after a tequila shot too many, loves to expound on language. His claim, and I concur, is there are two indispensable words in human conversation. One is <I>love.</I> The other is <I>shit.</I><BR/><BR/>One expresses the sublime in our spiritual and physical strivings. The other efficiently sums up the petty frustrations, futility and absurdities of daily life in one word. <BR/><BR/>Love is all we need. Too often, shit is all we get. <BR/><BR/>Hope you are well, Alex. Boy, am I glad you got out of Diyala when you did.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104943881425766932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-912606287066169742008-01-11T00:42:00.000-06:002008-01-11T00:42:00.000-06:00Hey Alex,My favorite part was your quote of Payday...Hey Alex,<BR/><BR/>My favorite part was your quote of Payday. "Shit." Hahaha...he really does answer with the one word 'Shit' all the time.<BR/><BR/>Great post man...<BR/><BR/>Talk to ya later dude.<BR/><BR/>SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-31368332758137455662008-01-10T22:38:00.000-06:002008-01-10T22:38:00.000-06:00Dude--would you look at my posting on VetVoice and...Dude--would you look at my posting on VetVoice and respond if you are so moved? Username: boadicaea<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the helpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-2638512444404551482008-01-10T07:56:00.000-06:002008-01-10T07:56:00.000-06:00I enjoy reading your blog and being able to hear, ...I enjoy reading your blog and being able to hear, and see, some of what is really happening over there. What you guys, and girls, do over there is so much more appreciated than you might be aware of. keep em coming, and watch out for the shit rivers :)KMHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573663002923941880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-79717839511984462962008-01-09T18:49:00.000-06:002008-01-09T18:49:00.000-06:00finally a fellow shit trench wader, i was beginnin...finally a fellow shit trench wader, i was beginning to think all blogs were being written by weekend warrior one trippin, fobbits, that blog about life change and have never left the fucking wire, until the madness is over great blog.Oldman Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518211284158517066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-40092750646905596912008-01-09T13:53:00.000-06:002008-01-09T13:53:00.000-06:00My first view of Cu Chi Base Camp in 1967 was from...My first view of Cu Chi Base Camp in 1967 was from a C123 right after sunrise. I thought the place was on fire. So much black smoke. Little did I know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-71570088200778973132008-01-08T12:50:00.000-06:002008-01-08T12:50:00.000-06:00The Minstrel Boy nailed it. Shit in the rice fiel...The Minstrel Boy nailed it. Shit in the rice fields, shithouses, burning shitters, and shit all over the place. Vietnam was beautiful, but it smelled like shit.unhappycamperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08628251205607296521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-78900023302019398552008-01-08T10:08:00.000-06:002008-01-08T10:08:00.000-06:00poop river, shit stream, all very apt dude. one o...poop river, shit stream, all very apt dude. one of the ways i used to amuse myself in viet nam was to watch the loads of cherries disembarking for the first time. we would always try to meet ours at the plane in cam ranh. the fun thing to do was to watch their faces for the first signs of breathing in those third world smells. it would hit them even harder later on when they began to realize that the main fertilizer used in the endless banks of rice paddies was human poo. then they would comrehend that those open sewers were where they would be walking soon (berms were too often loaded up with mines), and if there was any incoming fire where we would all be going face down.<BR/><BR/>since i grew up on a pretty remote arizona reservation i already knew about living in the third (hell, we might have been fourth or fifth) world. i already knew the smells of it.<BR/><BR/>i love these little glimpses you give us. thank you very much.The Minstrel Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697821546165315014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26907684.post-6442647294010090472008-01-08T08:07:00.000-06:002008-01-08T08:07:00.000-06:00Poop River - we're all waiting for the crossing to...Poop River - we're all waiting for the crossing to be over (metaphorically).SUEB0Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301963922769609715noreply@blogger.com