I went and saw the movie, “Green Zone,” starring Matt Damon last night at 9pm with a couple of “battle buddies” that I am attending some training with here at Fort Benning, Georgia. All of us enjoyed the movie and were particularly surprised at how well the Army dialougue/lingo was portrayed. Of course, other movies [...]
Since the writing of the earlier article, “The Willie Lynch Letter… Origin of the ‘N’ Word & ‘lynching’ …” its been discovered that there could possibly be some untruth to the story. I first realized the possbility when I received a comment from a teacher stating that the letter may simply be an ‘internet hoax’ [...]
old books, originally uploaded by S. B. Ruppe.
a random shot of some old books that I have… Making this picture, I didn’t realize that there was a Sherlock Holmes Movie coming out on Christmas Day….
I only have a handful of these old books, most of which came from my grandparents… I think the only one [...]
Cats, Cats Everywhere…
I was listening to the radio the other day – National Public Radio (NPR) – and there were some callers trying to win a free trip to see the Diane Rehm Show, get an autographed copy of a book of hers, or something along those lines…
They were calling answering some random [...]
The United States Army is an organization, like many others, that tries it’s best to implement an equal opportunity program in-order-to make for a less hostile work environment for it’s troops. Of course, it does not solve each and every problem, but at least, there’s an attempt…
Each unit in the Army is required to have [...]
The United States Army (as well as the other branches of military) has increased it’s motorcycle safety standards to the point of creating the ‘Motorcycle Mentorship Program.’ …
Its basically a program where all the riders in a unit get together for a decent length’s ride in-order-to spend the day observing/learning from each other different riding [...]
