Miscellany

Still alive. Another boring day. Even boringer because the occasional sounds of excitment that we had heard yesterday happening in the distance got more distant and less frequent. There was an amusing rumor of something that would be happening later, that's really probably only amusing to me and the other guys over here based on its wild, hopeless improbability, which would probably scare the crap out of everyone at home. So, I won't pass it on, OPSEC aside. Just know that it was amusing. From it, though, I've also been able to observe a significant trend in... the passing of potential threats, and that trend is gross exaggeration. Twenty guys sitting around become "a crowd." A couple of irate dudes with AKs become "hundreds of attackers." I suppose it's better, in a way, than underestimating... but it's gotten to be a joke among us.

Anyway. Some requests:

Moisturizer
Under Armor(tm) T-shirts, size XL (olive drab, yes they do have that color, or brown)
Shampoo (growing my mop out a bit, yes I'll take pictures)
Goldbond (ahhhhh... Goldbond)
Toilet Paper
Peter Gabriel - "Us" and Dave Matthews Band - "Under the Table and Dreaming" (sis?)

I've got enough bar soap and enough toothpaste to last me... quite some time. Send more, if you feel so moved and I'll happily share it out :)

We still haven't gotten our PX, I dunno when we will get it, if ever... and it looks like I'll not ever get near one again, short of going back to Kuwait in September.

fattred1, can you see if you can get an extension cord, or two? They'd be helpful.

That's all for now.