Hi there gang. Got a lil bit of spare time again, so I figured what the hell, let’s do another news post.
First off – I’ve uploaded about fifty some-odd new pictures again taken from Iraq. Some of these are recent; others are pictures I grabbed from some of my platoon-mates as well as some other ‘Joes’ from around the FOB. Hope you enjoy the new batch. It’s come to my attention that a significant amount of friends and family from my platoon and others have found out about the pictures I’ve been posting and have been enjoying them quite a bit. Hell, I even got a care package from one of my squad-mates wife today, saying thank you (Mrs. Ramsey, if ya happen to read this… you’re welcome ;-) ). Seems my lil photo album is helping fill a niche of sorts… it’s letting our friends and loved ones see their soldiers and how they’re doing and letting them see some of things we do and experience out here. I guess it’s making more of an impression than I ever thought it would, and in a good way. So, given that… I’ll try to post more pictures, more often (as time allows), and try to get several pics of everyone that I can. Oh yeah, an FYI to all of the friends/family out there viewing and reading – you know you can right-click on whatever full-sized picture you’re looking at, save it to your computers hard drive, copy that to a CD or floppy disc, and then take it to a Walmart or a Kodiak photo shop and make prints. Ya knew that, right? ;-) Well, just in case you didn’t know… there’s your how-to.
I have changed the voting poll once again, this time to something more worthwhile than ‘um… wtf?’ :-P This one’s a serious poll I’m afraid… who are you going to vote for during the 2004 election? Or are you at all? Seems to be a rather important election this time around, considering that whoever makes it to (or stays) in office will have a significant affect on how long we keep and what type of military presence here in Iraq and other places. Since we’ve already got a couple nice little friendly debates/discussions about just that on my msgboard forum here (hah… gonna have to read ‘em for yourself), I might as well add that kind of voting poll. Seems appropriate. And no worries, your vote will remain anonymous; no one will know your choice except for you.
Other stuff – nice tidbit of info I got from one of the medics here whose wife works for Sony and was able to go to this years E3 expo… Bioware is working on a new RPG title, entitled ‘Dragon Age’. While they can’t come right out and say that it’s basically Neverwinter Nights II due to intellectual property rights (it’s a lil complicated from what I gather), for all intents and purposes, it is NWN II. And the few screenshots of the demo I was able to find look incredible. You can read more about it on the official Bioware site (http://nwn.bioware.com) or at the NWVault (http://nwvault.ign.com). Don’t expect this game to be out for at least another couple years minimum. But so far, it’s looking to be well worth the wait.
That’s all I have for today. Gonna go catch a couple more hours of sleep before we roll out yet again. See ya later folks.
K2