Noel

It's a holdover from the American Dream, everyone can be whatever if they work hard enough. Ignoring the privilege, luck, family, history that most billionaires have.
This is perpetuated with American Exceptionalism being taught throughout primary education.

“Do not go to the beach to watch it”

I mean, the midwesterner in me would absolutely set up lawn chairs on top of a parking garage to catch it, but also, I value my life

Hey! Stuff is bad. Be as weird as possible.

Helped alot of my friends and family.

Security theater at the expense of the servicemember and their families.

Marine Barracks Kadena.
"Why is LCpl Heispeed at the BAS?"
"The mold in his barracks room caused a respiratory infection."
"Shit, we're nearly combat ineffective."

A few years ago, I began writing poetry as therapy. I looked up War Poetry, and a significant chunk was from WWI.
Which led me to deepen my knowledge of WWI.

Share an image/GIF you can hear.

Oh I forgot to post the baseball cards of the striking workers they were handing out. Genius.

TIL, petard means a case of explosives meant to breach a wall. It was originally petar as seen in Shakespeare's "Hamlet."

Source:
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/p...

YouTube video by GundamInfo Mobile Suit Gundam Wing 30th Anniversary Video -Operation 30th-

Only missing the Leos in their natural form, blowing up.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t have “too many books.”

Ooh. I figured out my Friday plans.

Good luck.

labubu? aren't those just injuries in france?

Yo! So many comorbidities.

Three plastic model robots in 1/144 scale. From L to R is a green Leo with a large artillery piece, teal flight unit Leo with a bazooka, and on the stand is a purple Leo "flying" with a beam bazooka. All not being cannon fodder for the Gundams, for now.

Finished, now Bandai needs to make a Aeries.

With the flight unit, it still can stand.

#gunpla #gundam #gundamwing

Purple plastic robot model. Leo mobile suit from the show Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, standing before it's normal configuration (blown up).

Onto the flight unit.

Plastic robot model torso on an instruction sheet. Robot is light purple with gray clavicle. Foreground is a cutting mat with a wooden handled brush.

Expanding my Leo Armada with the flight unit.
#gunpla #gundam #gundamwing

"Hooman, I needs foods. I am starbing. This isn't a funny, hooman."

Picard, "any questions?"
Random Redshirt, "yes, sir, how..."
Worf, "if you want to live you will be quiet."
Redshirt, "never mind, sir."

So, SECDEF would rather make a unit ineffective causing the remaining personnel to pick up the slack increasing burn out...

Dude is just dumb.

🫢

"Sir, the trees are talking."

Trump's extreme defensiveness, including trying to claim Obama forged the "Epstein files," is exciting. But I don't think it's slam-dunk proof that incriminating evidence about Trump exists that hasn't been released yet.

Bear with me while I explain! We can argue after I'm done......

Model robot kit box with Police Zaku from the GQuuuuuux Gundam show. Atop the box is a Gundam key chain and a blind box.

Gunpla boxes on full shelves and from the bottom to the ceiling.

Went up north for the key chain, got a zaku. Also got other anime things for the family.
So much gunpla, I forgot to take a picture of the columns of Leo's.

My wallet will never recover from this.

I was lucky for my first two commands because I got what I wanted. Then had to deal with BUPERS to stay shore and they said, "eat a big one."

Like I told my guys, "you can love the job, but it'll never love you back."

I put the fun in dysfunctional

Lee Greenwood's, "God bless the USA."
Why did the Navy choose that song for the capping ceremony in RTC?

Toby Keith, "Red, White, and Blue."

I don't think many phones/cameras are able to hold that many dicks.