Sunday, December 7, 2008

Short Day Getting Ready to Go

We were done just after 3pm today. We had a short day of marking bags and footlockers and filling out paperwork. At least I did. Many went out to the range for qualification, but i still am not allowed to lift anything heavier than a coffee cup. And it was a tough day to shoot--30mph winds and a temperature that just reached freezing. And we will all be back Tuesday to once more go through paperwork and medical checks to be sure we are healthy enough to go to Iraq.

Sherlock Holmes, The Dog That Didn't Bark, and Protests in Iran

  The phrase “ The dog that didn’t bark ” is one of my favorite metaphors from Arthur Conan Doyle ’s imagination.  In this case part of the ...