We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:18:03 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I see that the SCOTUS kerfuffle and the right-wing's bizarre melt-down (does the Left *ever* get this hissy in it's intramurals?) has driven the war from the media. Add to that the OPSEC restrictions on the deployed milblogs making them less compelling, and I see the milbloggers are sinking slowly in the Ecosystem, as Miers, et.al, sucks up the linkage. Greyhawk bucks the trend. I've not taken a stand on Miers. I'm slowly, painfully learning that my sense of politics, etc goes beyond 'tin ear'. Besides that, I can't compete with the stuff that Cassie puts out, so what-the-heck, at... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:36:00 -0600 There are obviously no flies on Chief(ret.)Bill. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32662 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32662 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:52:40 -0600 Waitaminute.... Are you telling me that there are *still* uncorrupted zoomies around here? WHERE? I don't see any! oh. zombies. nevermind.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32647 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32647 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 14:18:17 -0600 "...how do zombies manage to walk around...uncorrupted for as long as they are reputed to do?" Well, for one thing, they avoid this blog when certain Denizennes throw a chandelier soirée...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32617 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32617 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 07:29:21 -0600 'specially seeing that it's at least a hundred years old. Owhell, I should know better than to try to cross wits with you. Though I must say, maggots are often beneficial in debriding wounds in live folks. There might be a serious scientifico-spiritual object of study, here. If maggots eat dead folks, how do zombies manage to walk around uneaten and uncorrupted for as long as they are reputed to do? Should we try to find out if zombies are attended by more, or fewer, flies, than other dead folks? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32616 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32616 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:03:42 -0600 Ow! I shoulda seen that one coming! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32615 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32615 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:40:49 -0600 Okay: two maggots were fighting in dead Earnest ... Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32614 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32614 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:37:32 -0600 Try to be a bit more earnest, Capt. H. I know that you have it in you. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32613 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32613 Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:06:35 -0600 Cassie: "I don't comment much because I don't have anything worthwhile to contribute." Doesn't stop me, why should it stop you? Oh, a helmet named after our ex-Governor-General? Neat-o! Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32611 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32611 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:25:15 -0600 Yup, militaria are always cool and froody, whether or not they go boom. They're, well, so *earnest*. That helmet's a prime example of that. Anyone who'd preserve the hat, and decorate it both officially and personally, was obviously a very earnest fellow. Definition of "earnest", Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, Second Edition: 1. serious and intense; not joking or playful; zealous and sincere; deeply convinced; as, *earnest* in prayer; an *earnest* appeal. 2. intent; fixed. ... 3. serious; important; not trivial.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32610 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32610 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:53:07 -0600 Yes, what Cassandra and April said. I have to say that I like the helmet though. Nice find. :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32602 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32602 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:25:37 -0600 Portuguese Fluted Helmet Thanx Boss ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32601 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32601 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:32:00 -0600 Yeah, second that emotion, Cassandra. Not having any military experience myself, I just find this stuff interesting and sometimes fun. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32598 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32598 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:14:41 -0600 FWIW, I like what you do, John. I don't comment much because I don't have anything worthwhile to contribute. I just read and learn. That's nice for me. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32594 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/10/militaria_kewl_stuff_1_ea.html#comment-32594 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 09:32:19 -0600