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The Candy Bomber
Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen is better known as “The Candy Bomber” for dropping parachutes of candy to German children in Berlin during World War II, almost getting court martialed for doing so without permission. However, after superiors gave their blessing , he and his unit ended up dropping 23 tons of candy over Germany. He reprised his role in 1994 over Bosnia and is hoping to make a candy drop over Baghdad once things settle down. Halvorsen is now 82 years old, but he says, “I’d give my right arm to do it…It would be a ray of hope, a symbol that somebody in America cares. That makes all the difference in the world on attitude.” He’s definitely right about that; I think this is one of the cooler things I’ve heard about in a while…
The Candy Bomber
Retired Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen is better known as “The Candy Bomber” for dropping parachutes of candy to German children in Berlin during World War II, almost getting court martialed for doing so without permission. However, after superiors gave their blessing , he and his unit ended up dropping 23 tons of candy over Germany. He reprised his role in 1994 over Bosnia and is hoping to make a candy drop over Baghdad once things settle down. Halvorsen is now 82 years old, but he says, “I’d give my right arm to do it…It would be a ray of hope, a symbol that somebody in America cares. That makes all the difference in the world on attitude.” He’s definitely right about that; I think this is one of the cooler things I’ve heard about in a while…
The Animatrix
The third episode of The Animatrix is out. One more episode is to be released next month, just before The Matrix: Reloaded premieres.
The Animatrix
The third episode of The Animatrix is out. One more episode is to be released next month, just before The Matrix: Reloaded premieres.
The Dominoes Are Falling
As I’m watching Fox news broadcast live coverage of an Abrams tank blocking Saddam’s front door, and a huge equestrian statue of him at the parade grounds being blown up by a tank shell, Baghdad Bob (the Iraqi information minister) holds a press conference of the roof of the Palestine hotel. He says there are no American tanks in Baghdad, ¾ of the coalition troops have been slaughtered, and we’re committing suicide at the city walls. I’ll never understand how that guy, and Tariq Aziz before him, could just look at the camera and tell outright lies with such a straight face. Unbelievable. The Brits say they found what’s left of Chemical Ali under a pile of rubble in Basra. I think the collapse will happen very quickly now. I just hope we’re successful in leaving Iraq with a functional, effective democracy. That’s the part I worry about, unfortunately. We act like we won the war in Afghanistan, but there is still no national government outside of Kabul. Just factions of warlords who do as they wish, not a stable, prosperous nation that will discourage terrorism.
The Dominoes Are Falling
As I’m watching Fox news broadcast live coverage of an Abrams tank blocking Saddam’s front door, and a huge equestrian statue of him at the parade grounds being blown up by a tank shell, Baghdad Bob (the Iraqi information minister) holds a press conference of the roof of the Palestine hotel. He says there are no American tanks in Baghdad, ¾ of the coalition troops have been slaughtered, and we’re committing suicide at the city walls. I’ll never understand how that guy, and Tariq Aziz before him, could just look at the camera and tell outright lies with such a straight face. Unbelievable. The Brits say they found what’s left of Chemical Ali under a pile of rubble in Basra. I think the collapse will happen very quickly now. I just hope we’re successful in leaving Iraq with a functional, effective democracy. That’s the part I worry about, unfortunately. We act like we won the war in Afghanistan, but there is still no national government outside of Kabul. Just factions of warlords who do as they wish, not a stable, prosperous nation that will discourage terrorism.
CotD
Today’s color is Microsoft blue, red, yellow, and green. For the final project in my editing class, I have to find a professional editor and interview them to get their advice about beginning a career in editing. So, I sent an email to a guy credited as an editor for one of my reference books. To make a long story short, I found myself being introduced to one of the senior technical editors at Microsoft, who said she would be happy to answer my questions. Unfortunately, I don’t get a trip to WA out of it, just conducting the interview via email. Whether you like M$ or not, it’s a pretty good score for a lowly college puke, if I say so myself. 🙂
CotD
Today’s color is Microsoft blue, red, yellow, and green. For the final project in my editing class, I have to find a professional editor and interview them to get their advice about beginning a career in editing. So, I sent an email to a guy credited as an editor for one of my reference books. To make a long story short, I found myself being introduced to one of the senior technical editors at Microsoft, who said she would be happy to answer my questions. Unfortunately, I don’t get a trip to WA out of it, just conducting the interview via email. Whether you like M$ or not, it’s a pretty good score for a lowly college puke, if I say so myself. 🙂
Friday Flash Fun Map Game
Try your hand at this map game where you identify countries in Northern Africa and the Middle/Near East. I got a couple of the former Soviet republics mixed up but otherwise did well, although I am an admitted cartography geek. 😉 I recently read a study in which it was revealed that most American children can barely identify U.S. geography, much less world geography. It’s quite sad and frustrating to hear, especially in a time when anti-American sentiments can at least partially be blamed on the ignorance of our populace when it comes to foreign policy…
