Paducah, KY
In Kentucky there are many people in their 30s who celebrate Veterans day for real. The guy next to me at the restaurant was literally being sent medals and commendations for serving in Iraq that were so unique and special that the printer at the DOD failed and sent him completely blank pieces of paper in envelopes with official seals on the outside. Maybe he was intellectually lazy and didn’t realize that this is the Waldorf school of combat awarding: draw what makes your platoon special, use all the fun colors in the rainbow!
The audiences in Galveston, TX and Paducah sure did make us feel special. The band was getting an invigorating cheer at the close of our hit number “Exit Music.”
I visited the Midwest chain called Gander Mt. Yesterday. I was looking for a Nalgene bottle, but found a whole lot more. They sell a full selection of guns and ammo, and everything to remove all body parts from most mammals. I say most because one must remember that whales are mammals, and the largest meat saw they had was 30” long and we all know that’s not going to get you very far into Shamu’s tasty blubber. If you’re looking for a blade for your meat grinder, they’ve got it. They also sell ATVs and boats, all indoors. Quite a well stocked store, and it was a shock that one could by any number of 9mm handguns for about $400, roughly the same price as a non-mechanical plastic platform from which to shoot deer. I guess it’s the hidden shipping cost.
For Halloween some cats dressed as kittens, most men dressed as women and I bought some underpants to parade around in. I was planning on some good hotel room parties, but people went their separate ways, some to Ihop (in costume), some to a gay bar (in costume) and most evaporated into the four lanes of Hinkleville Drive. I was pleased to have the night off from socializing, but very confused as to why people didn’t recognize the fact that many of our hotel rooms adjoin and could be turned into great suites of private silliness. Wearing a costume to a near closing time TGIF didn’t appeal to me, so I just listened to some recently added music on my computer and showered for the first time since leaving TX.
The audiences in Galveston, TX and Paducah sure did make us feel special. The band was getting an invigorating cheer at the close of our hit number “Exit Music.”
I visited the Midwest chain called Gander Mt. Yesterday. I was looking for a Nalgene bottle, but found a whole lot more. They sell a full selection of guns and ammo, and everything to remove all body parts from most mammals. I say most because one must remember that whales are mammals, and the largest meat saw they had was 30” long and we all know that’s not going to get you very far into Shamu’s tasty blubber. If you’re looking for a blade for your meat grinder, they’ve got it. They also sell ATVs and boats, all indoors. Quite a well stocked store, and it was a shock that one could by any number of 9mm handguns for about $400, roughly the same price as a non-mechanical plastic platform from which to shoot deer. I guess it’s the hidden shipping cost.
For Halloween some cats dressed as kittens, most men dressed as women and I bought some underpants to parade around in. I was planning on some good hotel room parties, but people went their separate ways, some to Ihop (in costume), some to a gay bar (in costume) and most evaporated into the four lanes of Hinkleville Drive. I was pleased to have the night off from socializing, but very confused as to why people didn’t recognize the fact that many of our hotel rooms adjoin and could be turned into great suites of private silliness. Wearing a costume to a near closing time TGIF didn’t appeal to me, so I just listened to some recently added music on my computer and showered for the first time since leaving TX.
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