Confessions of a Middle-Aged Adolescent

My third infantry squad doesn't differ a lot from the first two.  There are a couple of conversions, one intentional, one incidental: ...

This Friday marks seven months to the day of Fenya 'officially' becoming a teenager.  I tease her about it quite a bit, but in truth...

It's quite a relief having the largest single squad out of the way, but daunting to realize that although it brings me to the 60-model m...

In one of Harlan Ellison's short stories, he recalls a dog he once owned and the life they shared: how the dog was a better judge of cha...

Sure and another St. Paddy's Day has come around, bringing a rush of verdant colouring to the workplace and schoolyard, and a drop of fo...

The Company Commander is the general of the entire army, which can contain multiple platoons, each containing at least 2-5 ten-man squads an...

[ Updated Mar 10, 2011; please see below] I'm not Catholic, and I'm not particularly orthodox or devout or ritualistic in terms o...