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Julien's Juice 339 ~ Resistance is futile; but greatly encouraged
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Denovissimus Jan 9 2008, 07:17 PM Post #321
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Gales! I just love that word!
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Jane Jan 9 2008, 07:40 PM Post #322
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Gale force winds!
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Denovissimus Jan 9 2008, 07:41 PM Post #323
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Maj. Andrew Olmsted was shot and killed by a sniper in Diyala province on Jan.3.  His was a dangerous job in a still-dangerous place in Iraq.

Before he left for this tour, Olmsted knew he might not make it home. As an avid blogger for the "Rocky Mountain News" paper, he prepared for his own possible death by writing a final entry to be posthumously posted on his own Web site should he be killed. 

He wrote, "This is an entry I would have preferred not to have published…" 

The 3,000-word blog thanks his friends and family, quotes Plato and the sci-fi show "Babylon 5," and urged his readers not to politicize his death.

"If you think the U.S. should stay in Iraq, don't drag me into it by claiming that somehow my death demands us staying in Iraq.  If you think the U.S. ought to get out tomorrow, don't cite my name as an example of someone's life who was wasted by our mission in Iraq," he wrote.

‘Obsidian Wings’
Hilary Bok, a philosophy professor at Johns Hopkins University met Olmsted online through the website "Obsidian Wings" in July 2006 where they quickly became friends. 

Bok agreed to answer NBC's questions about her role in Olmsted’s final blog, but asked if she could reply over e-mail.

"I still seem to be given to bursting into tears," she wrote, "and e-mail makes that easier to deal with."

In March 2007, Olmsted approached Bok and asked her if she would post a final blog for him should he be killed in Iraq.  He was heading back for another tour in three months. 

"I was honored that he would ask me," Bok said, "and agreed immediately. He sent me the first draft of the post early in June 2007, and kept working on it until mid-July." 

Military blogging
In the last few years blogging within the military, or milblogging, has soared.  Milblogging.com a website that indexes soldier's blogs, lists over 1,800 contributors. Once limited by hand-written accounts to family and friends, U.S. troops at war have taken advantage of the opportunity to share firsthand experiences in the blogosphere.

"I think [Olmsted] wrote partly because he liked it," Bok wrote, "but partly because he thought: even if you don't know that anyone will read what you write, all you can do is try your best to put reasonable arguments out there, in the hope that somehow, somewhere, they might do some good."

In July, Olmsted returned to Iraq as part of a Military Transition Team, or MiTT team, a small U.S. unit that embeds with the Iraqi military to help support and train their forces. 

On Jan. 3, Olmsted confronted three suspected insurgents on the streets of Sadiyah, Iraq, trying to get them to surrender. When a sniper took aim, Olmsted was the first to fall. Capt. Thomas J. Casey went to help him and was gunned down as well. They were the first U.S. troops to be killed in 2008. 

"I died doing a job I loved," Olmsted wrote, "when your time comes I hope you are as fortunate as I am."

And fellow soldier or not, Olmsted reminded all his readers to take stock.

"I'm dead, but if you're reading this, you're not, so take a moment to enjoy that happy fact."


Such a brave and wise soul this was.

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Sorry Jane, no more Pandora for the UK!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7178699.stm
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A lot of the features didn't work in the UK, you couldn't sign up for an account or anything. It is such a good idea and a good way to get into other bands you might like!

Going to watch this programme on tv about how to save money, the first in a 10 part series!
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Denovissimus Jan 9 2008, 08:22 PM Post #326
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How to save money?

Don't spend beyond your means.

Don't use credit cards.

There!
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Good advice!

It was more about how to claim fees back from banks if they've charged you for things they shouldn't have! Nothing really i could save money on but will watch next week!
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Just got the secret word from my upper management mole in another office that our audit of next week has been postponed to March! I was just about up to speed on my preparations but knowing this now, all I have to do is maintain steering this ship the way I should and I'll be batting for an A by the time that audit comes about! :clap
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Julesy Jan 9 2008, 10:07 PM Post #329
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Musicals suck


agreed.

off to get my hair cut. wish me luck
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*sings* good luck Juuuules!!!


Can't stop eating today, must be hormonal or something.


Goodnight forum! :wave
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Julesy Jan 9 2008, 11:51 PM Post #331
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night Jane!

I like my new cut. a bit more layers and a bit shorter than I wanted but all in all cool.

why do they always cut it shorter then you ask for?
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Denovissimus Jan 10 2008, 12:03 AM Post #332
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I always get my hair cut the same way and I'm always nervous it will be fucked up and one time it was! The day before I fly off to Vegas for a wedding! I was so pissed I hated my hair!

Have guests over, we are having drinks before heading out to dinner.
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Julesy Jan 10 2008, 12:07 AM Post #333
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thats why I cut mine! for Vegas! lol

where you eating and what do they serve?
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Denovissimus Jan 10 2008, 12:12 AM Post #334
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My guero friend wants mexican! Its his birthday. He wants gorditas.
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Julesy Jan 10 2008, 12:13 AM Post #335
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lol

White folks dig Mexican food.
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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 10 2008, 12:25 AM Post #336
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Jan 9 2008, 03:20 PM
I bore all my friends and Jimmy with this place. :; I just recently made Jimmy realize Nicky was a guy.


michele where is your pop/colon cleansing thread?Someone I know wants to do a body cleaning.

oh that thread has been long gone dan, in the layfayette cemetary possibly or way back many many pages in this forum. I believe it was called "death begins in the colon"
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Jan 9 2008, 03:47 PM
I drop in on people all the time too, unannounced! I love to see the look on their faces! I'll do it to you one day, lovah!

this does not surprise me in the least bit
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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 10 2008, 12:29 AM Post #338
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Jan 9 2008, 04:43 PM
i had a wank earlier, was awful, wish i hadn't bothered!

:ha poor nicky! is wanking with stevie always so unpleasurable? I dont know why I even bother, you will never see this post and respond to it anyway!
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Jan 9 2008, 05:07 PM
oh I'm like that in reagrds to myself, but I don't mind admitting to being a hypocrite!

:booze

again, not at all a SHOCKER!
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Angeliica Nero
Jan 9 2008, 05:24 PM
Oh god noooo! Another banner of Beckham in his panties :huh .

I know! So lame and boring at this point. I bet the man has had laser hair removal on his entire body, even his labias!
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