Time to pay up…..

I’ll be doing the annual MS Walk in full armor once more. 6.1 miles through the Arizona heat, with full armor, backpack, and rifle. This has become a very important cause to me, not for any one reason, but because I’ve pretty much adopted it as “my baby” event . I need your help! As… [Continue Reading]

Everything’s coming up Roses….

  And the Rose Parade onslaught continues!  While I’m busy collecting my thoughts for the ongoing reports, bortQ sends in one of the things he saw at the event!   It’s like the guy is with me everywhere I go!

The Pasadena Death March: Debriefing, Day One

Well, as promised I’m going to give you all the blow by blow of my adventures in Pasadena recently, having taken part in the 2007 Rose Parade.  As mentioned earlier, I was accompanied on this “good natured romp” by TK-2035, MaraJen, and the lovable FrankenTrooper.  Here’s the battle report from Day One of what is… [Continue Reading]

Rose Parade… A small taste..

Well, the event here in Pasadena has been interesting to say the least.  TK-2035, FrankenTrooper, and the ever hot and inspiring Mara J have made some new friends, paricularly some German and Italian troopers.  Great folks, believe me, and the Germans taught me some new toasts (or…broasts..whatever the Hell that means), the Italians seem to… [Continue Reading]