The Thomas Chronicles

I’ve been tagged by the famous The Desert Glows Green.

Here are the rules:

1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5-6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1) What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was just entering college as a freshman English Lit. student.

2) What are five things on your to-do list for today?
Work on organizing a board at work.
Make tuna salad.
Complete my math homework. (I’ve returned to college recently.)
Sleep.
Make sure I give my cat at least one round of play. (She gets lonely when I’m not playing with her.)

3) What snacks do I enjoy?
Jalapeño chips.
Beef jerky.
Vanilla ice cream.
Rice pudding.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire
Buy a large spread of approximately 30 acres out in New Mexico, Northern Arizona or Oregon near a small town.
Build a home with a interior courtyard that’s equipped with a library and comfortable chairs.
And… I don’t know. Maybe a car?

5) Three Bad Habits
I’m too intellectually lazy at times.
I don’t clean up after myself as often as others would like me to.
I talk too much when I get excited.

6) 5 places I have lived…
Houston, TX
Boston, MA
Los Angeles, CA
That’s it.

7) 5 Jobs I have had
World class coffee slinger.
Editorial assistant at a literary magazine.
Teaching remedial English for college students.
Furniture salesman.
Administrative work in the fashion industry.

7) Six suckers, er people I want to know more about…

I think I’ll refrain from tagging other blogs… for the moment

… if you’re son is deployed to Afghanistan, and you suddenly hear this? (WARNING: Graphic language and sounds)

Apparently, this soldier accidentally pressed the redial button on his cellphone when he was in the middle of a firefight with the Taliban. His family got to hear the details of the attack and was horrified when the call was cut off right after someone yelled, ” Incoming! RPG!”

It turns out that the soldier, whose name is Stephen Phillips, got out of the fight alive and well.

This incident was just yet another reminder that we are facing a tough and resilient enemy. Should we fail in our efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Islamofascist disease come here. It is easy to blame President Bush and go along our merry way. It is not so easy, however, to blame him when we recognize that President Bush is the only man who stood and still stands in the way of this madness and our country.

Whatever you think of the man, he has been steadfast and immovable when everyone wanted him to retreat and withdraw, including the Republicans. He has capitulated on virtually everything in his second term as President… but not this.