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 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:20:23 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2010 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Time: 2130 of the night following this incident. The Place: The command bunker of the Tay Do Two Battalion Commander, twenty feet below the surface of a garden in Phong Dinh Province, RVN. Colonel Trinh Vo Thanh placed Sergeant Van’s report on the field table, then placed both palms flat, flanking the message. He shifted his gaze to the rammed-earth ceiling and thought, Van is reliable and his employment as a day laborer for the American engineers produces valuable intelligence – and how he managed to smuggle that miniature camera into their base was a tale in itself. But... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:55:29 -0600 sensi. This miserable worm humbly begs you to continue your enthralling tale. No, really, Bill. You've told some great stories here in the Castle, to the point where I would seriously suggest you put this stuff together and publish. Your work reminds me of Martin Caidin at his best, or Jerry Pournelle channeling Larry Niven. Or would that be Niven channeling Pournelle? You capture the former's humor with the latter's solid story-telling. Either way, please don't stop. :) ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57046 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57046 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:45:00 -0600 Oh, golly-gee-whiz-darn and gosh-all-hemlock, I sho' nuff did telegraph that punch, huh? Maybe I should just do a couple of limericks for tomorrow, instead of the last *three* installments, then. In fact, I think I'll just do that. It'll save a lot of wear and tear on the keyboard. R-i-i-i-i-ght. You armchair -- uhhh -- swivelchair detectives ain't getting off *that* easily... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57028 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57028 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:51:50 -0600 The pot .....er *plot* thickens! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57021 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57021 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:43:13 -0600 I wonder, did Col. Trinh Vo also wore an evil-looking "Fu-Manchú" above his creased lips? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57012 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57012 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:04:57 -0600 I have a very strong suspicion I know exactly why the bounty was set, but I don't want to ruin the story. Let's just say that you could run into similar problems in certain areas of Kentucky these days... ;) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-57007 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:50:14 -0600 i'm still trying to calculate BMNT and EENT, MR/MS and get the %Illum nailed down... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56997 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56997 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:58:02 -0600 I'm betting on old girlie being his wife or sister, you ticked him even more by gnabbing her, and now you've got half the NVA thinking "It's BMX time" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56991 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56991 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:46:24 -0600 Hubert and the caped cruzader]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56984 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56984 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:10:13 -0600 Heh. Don't forget the *other* events... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56983 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56983 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 05:51:47 -0600 Well, this happened the day of(or the day after) you went weed killing, which was a week or so before you got told you had a price on your head, Han Solo. So when do you shoot Greedo? (Sounds of a zombie being shoved into the woodchipper.) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56980 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/occams_punji_st.html#comment-56980 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:36:14 -0600