BRAVE MARINE ATTACKS TERRORIST WITH TIRE IRON—OKAY SO MAYBE IT WAS JUST SOME RANDOM GUY WITH A BEARD

TAMPA - A U.S. Marine reservist attacked a visiting Greek Orthodox priest he believed to be a terrorist, Tampa police say. When the priest tried seeking directions from Jasen D. Bruce, 28, of Tampa, on Monday, Bruce struck the priest with a tire iron and chased him. Police say he attacked the Rev. Alexios Marakis, 29, of Crete, Greece, who was visiting St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in...

Happy Birthday United States Marine Corp! \o/

And to all kick-ass Marines everywhere. In honor of that, a convo via text I had with my father today :3 Me: Changed my mind about Christmas. I was a special Aston Martin that goes for $1.4 mil. It's shiny Dad: Yeah, and I want the new G-V jet with teak wood flight deck Me: That sounds fun Dad: Only 35 mil Me: Chump change Dad: Then please allow me to add a braburn yacht for 6.2 mil Me: Go for ...

Happy Birthday to the Marine Corps!

Never one to overlook a good excuse to have a drink, here's a Yuengling to the Corps! Oorah, semper fi, devil dogs, and all that jazz. (to the Marines overseas, keep your heads down and check six)

Marine reservist accused of attacking Greek priest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_re_us/us_priest_attacked Even though the priest did not say "Allah akbar!", the reservist heard it. The Pentecost effect? Acts 2:6 "When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language." It was the Holy Spirit who preached through the priest to the reservist that God is great, ...

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Obamas are traveling to Ft. Hood Texas to attend a memorial service for the victims of the November 5 shootings. Injured soldiers are helped to their seats after meeting with US President Barack ...

Neil Gaiman

...that I was ready to abandon this book and write something else instead, or perhaps I could abandon the book and take up a new life as a landscape gardener, bank-robber, short-order cook or marine biologist. And instead of sympathising or agreeing with me, or blasting me forward with a wave of enthusiasm---or even arguing with me---she simply said, suspiciously cheerfully, "Oh, you're at that part ...

A little quiz...

... A space pilot suit not unlike Wing Commander had. I would change a few aspects like giving the suit a few extra options that weren't featured in the games, but the helmet is just fine. 3: A space marine suit. A bunch of guys already posted a video on Youtube about this, how they built two suits out of recycled garbage during a full year or so and actually make it look so frigging cool, I wanted ...

Voila next postage :3

...cuss-happy-chappy. He never asked for the obedience of his staff. It was a given that once you put so much as a toe upon the deck of the Baratie, Zeff was boss. Rule was, pirate, marine or customer, anyone badmouthed the boss, they got what they deserved - shitty service and a quick escort out. Trouble was enforcing this on someone when they were hungry. Zeff always fed anyone who needed it,...

Books

...) 19) Artemus Fowl. Eoin Colfer. Twelve year old criminal genius takes on the Fae. Entertaining. (audio) *20) Men in Uniform 2. M. Rode, editor. M/M anthology of men in everything from Space Marine to Star Trek to firefighter uniforms. Uneven, but very good. This is part of the M/M Romance challenge 21) Raintree: Inferno. Linda Howard. First in the series. I lucased this series, that is, I ...

What a way to end a day ...

... us know that it is next week, and that we have to supply an RSO, Range Safety Officer. He had also magically volunteered myself and my supervisor, the only mechanics in the battalion, as drivers to Quantaco Marine Base. Sadly, it only gets "better" from here. At first we figured it was going to be the RSO and myself driving about fifteen agents down there for the range. Not that much as far as ...